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