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