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