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