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