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