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