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