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