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