- 1. A volcanic trench (fosa volcanica) would be found in
A) mountain
B) Hawaii
C) mid-oceanic ridge
D) volcano
E) glacier
- 2. A subduction zone is found in a/an ________________________ boundary.
A) transform
B) strike-slip
C) volcanic
D) convergent
E) divergent
- 3. Seafloor spreading, a process where new oceanic crust is created in a divergent zone, also causes a/an _____________________.
A) diamond
B) petroleum
C) Hawaii
D) large volcano
E) trench
A) large volcanic islands
B) lithospheric zones
C) large volcanoes
D) large subduction zones
E) large pieces of floating crust
- 5. There are 2 types of tectonic plates, the ____________________ and the ______________________.
A) Icelandic, continental
B) Hawaiian, Artic
C) continental, volcanic
D) oceanic, continental
E) oceanic, Hawaiian
- 6. Tectonic plates float on the Earth's _________________________.
A) volcanoes
B) lithosphere
C) crust
D) mantle
E) core
- 7. Earth's lithosphere is comprised of Earth's crust and the upper part of the Earth's _________________________.
A) lithosphere
B) crust
C) volcanoes
D) mantle
E) core
- 8. The continents were once part of one giant landmass, _________________________.
A) Panamericanaea
B) Hawaiiana
C) Rhodenia
D) Artica
E) Pangaea
- 9. "The continents have moved during Earth's history." This quote is part of the _____________________________ theory.
A) subduction zone
B) blood diamond
C) hot spot
D) tectonic plate
E) continental drift
- 10. _____________ crust, or crust with higher density, is pushed into the mantle at subduction zones.
A) Lighter
B) Younger
C) Newer
D) Older
E) Prettier
- 11. Earthquakes are a product of _______ types of boundaries.
A) 3
B) 0
C) 4
D) 1
E) 2
- 12. San Francisco, California, sits atop the fault of ___________________________.
A) San Ramiro
B) San Francisco
C) San Andres
D) San Andrew
E) San Augustine
- 13. The fault under San Francisco is known to be a _________________________ tectonic plate boundary.
A) convergent
B) hot spot
C) divergent
D) transform
E) volcanic
- 14. Hawaii is a product of volcanic eruptions that come out of a/an ______________________.
A) convergence
B) strike-slip spot
C) divergence
D) transformance
E) Hot Spot
- 15. A convection current is caused by differences in _______________________.
A) air pressure
B) temperature
C) mass
D) color
E) odor
- 16. Tectonic plate movements are causes by _____________________________.
A) pressure in Earth's crust
B) heat in Earth's core
C) convection currents
D) Lithospheric sources
E) conveyor belts
- 17. The known types of seismic waves are: ________________________.
A) P, L, and K
B) P, K, and F
C) V, U, and H
D) P, S, and L
E) S, L, and U
- 18. Secondary waves cannot travel through ________________________.
A) fluids and oceans
B) liquids and fluids
C) gases and liquids
D) gases and clouds
E) gases and solids
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