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