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