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