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