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