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