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