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