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