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