- 1. A volcanic trench (fosa volcanica) would be found in
A) volcano
B) mid-oceanic ridge
C) Hawaii
D) mountain
E) glacier
- 2. A subduction zone is found in a/an ________________________ boundary.
A) strike-slip
B) convergent
C) divergent
D) transform
E) volcanic
- 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) petroleum
D) Hawaii
E) diamond
A) large volcanoes
B) lithospheric zones
C) large pieces of floating crust
D) large subduction zones
E) large volcanic islands
- 5. There are 2 types of tectonic plates, the ____________________ and the ______________________.
A) Icelandic, continental
B) oceanic, Hawaiian
C) oceanic, continental
D) continental, volcanic
E) Hawaiian, Artic
- 6. Tectonic plates float on the Earth's _________________________.
A) core
B) crust
C) volcanoes
D) mantle
E) lithosphere
- 7. Earth's lithosphere is comprised of Earth's crust and the upper part of the Earth's _________________________.
A) crust
B) core
C) lithosphere
D) mantle
E) volcanoes
- 8. The continents were once part of one giant landmass, _________________________.
A) Rhodenia
B) Artica
C) Pangaea
D) Panamericanaea
E) Hawaiiana
- 9. "The continents have moved during Earth's history." This quote is part of the _____________________________ theory.
A) hot spot
B) subduction zone
C) blood diamond
D) tectonic plate
E) continental drift
- 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) 3
C) 2
D) 0
E) 1
- 12. San Francisco, California, sits atop the fault of ___________________________.
A) San Ramiro
B) San Andres
C) San Andrew
D) San Augustine
E) San Francisco
- 13. The fault under San Francisco is known to be a _________________________ tectonic plate boundary.
A) volcanic
B) divergent
C) hot spot
D) transform
E) convergent
- 14. Hawaii is a product of volcanic eruptions that come out of a/an ______________________.
A) convergence
B) transformance
C) divergence
D) Hot Spot
E) strike-slip spot
- 15. A convection current is caused by differences in _______________________.
A) temperature
B) mass
C) color
D) odor
E) air pressure
- 16. Tectonic plate movements are causes by _____________________________.
A) conveyor belts
B) heat in Earth's core
C) convection currents
D) pressure in Earth's crust
E) Lithospheric sources
- 17. The known types of seismic waves are: ________________________.
A) S, L, and U
B) V, U, and H
C) P, K, and F
D) P, L, and K
E) P, S, and L
- 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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