- 1. A volcanic trench (fosa volcanica) would be found in
A) volcano
B) mountain
C) mid-oceanic ridge
D) Hawaii
E) glacier
- 2. A subduction zone is found in a/an ________________________ boundary.
A) divergent
B) volcanic
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) diamond
B) trench
C) large volcano
D) Hawaii
E) petroleum
A) large pieces of floating crust
B) large volcanoes
C) large volcanic islands
D) lithospheric zones
E) large subduction zones
- 5. There are 2 types of tectonic plates, the ____________________ and the ______________________.
A) continental, volcanic
B) oceanic, continental
C) Icelandic, continental
D) Hawaiian, Artic
E) oceanic, Hawaiian
- 6. Tectonic plates float on the Earth's _________________________.
A) lithosphere
B) mantle
C) crust
D) volcanoes
E) core
- 7. Earth's lithosphere is comprised of Earth's crust and the upper part of the Earth's _________________________.
A) volcanoes
B) lithosphere
C) crust
D) core
E) mantle
- 8. The continents were once part of one giant landmass, _________________________.
A) Artica
B) Pangaea
C) Rhodenia
D) Panamericanaea
E) Hawaiiana
- 9. "The continents have moved during Earth's history." This quote is part of the _____________________________ theory.
A) hot spot
B) tectonic plate
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) Prettier
B) Older
C) Lighter
D) Younger
E) Newer
- 11. Earthquakes are a product of _______ types of boundaries.
A) 4
B) 1
C) 0
D) 3
E) 2
- 12. San Francisco, California, sits atop the fault of ___________________________.
A) San Ramiro
B) San Francisco
C) San Andrew
D) San Augustine
E) San Andres
- 13. The fault under San Francisco is known to be a _________________________ tectonic plate boundary.
A) hot spot
B) volcanic
C) transform
D) convergent
E) divergent
- 14. Hawaii is a product of volcanic eruptions that come out of a/an ______________________.
A) convergence
B) Hot Spot
C) transformance
D) strike-slip spot
E) divergence
- 15. A convection current is caused by differences in _______________________.
A) color
B) odor
C) mass
D) air pressure
E) temperature
- 16. Tectonic plate movements are causes by _____________________________.
A) pressure in Earth's crust
B) convection currents
C) Lithospheric sources
D) heat in Earth's core
E) conveyor belts
- 17. The known types of seismic waves are: ________________________.
A) S, L, and U
B) V, U, and H
C) P, L, and K
D) P, K, and F
E) P, S, and L
- 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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