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