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