- 1. A volcanic trench (fosa volcanica) would be found in
A) mountain
B) mid-oceanic ridge
C) volcano
D) glacier
E) Hawaii
- 2. A subduction zone is found in a/an ________________________ boundary.
A) divergent
B) convergent
C) volcanic
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) diamond
B) Hawaii
C) large volcano
D) petroleum
E) trench
A) large pieces of floating crust
B) lithospheric zones
C) large subduction zones
D) large volcanoes
E) large volcanic islands
- 5. There are 2 types of tectonic plates, the ____________________ and the ______________________.
A) oceanic, continental
B) oceanic, Hawaiian
C) continental, volcanic
D) Hawaiian, Artic
E) Icelandic, continental
- 6. Tectonic plates float on the Earth's _________________________.
A) volcanoes
B) lithosphere
C) mantle
D) crust
E) core
- 7. Earth's lithosphere is comprised of Earth's crust and the upper part of the Earth's _________________________.
A) mantle
B) volcanoes
C) lithosphere
D) crust
E) core
- 8. The continents were once part of one giant landmass, _________________________.
A) Artica
B) Rhodenia
C) Hawaiiana
D) Pangaea
E) Panamericanaea
- 9. "The continents have moved during Earth's history." This quote is part of the _____________________________ theory.
A) continental drift
B) subduction zone
C) hot spot
D) blood diamond
E) tectonic plate
- 10. _____________ crust, or crust with higher density, is pushed into the mantle at subduction zones.
A) Newer
B) Younger
C) Prettier
D) Older
E) Lighter
- 11. Earthquakes are a product of _______ types of boundaries.
A) 3
B) 4
C) 1
D) 0
E) 2
- 12. San Francisco, California, sits atop the fault of ___________________________.
A) San Andres
B) San Ramiro
C) San Andrew
D) San Francisco
E) San Augustine
- 13. The fault under San Francisco is known to be a _________________________ tectonic plate boundary.
A) volcanic
B) transform
C) hot spot
D) convergent
E) divergent
- 14. Hawaii is a product of volcanic eruptions that come out of a/an ______________________.
A) divergence
B) Hot Spot
C) strike-slip spot
D) convergence
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) conveyor belts
B) Lithospheric sources
C) convection currents
D) heat in Earth's core
E) pressure in Earth's crust
- 17. The known types of seismic waves are: ________________________.
A) P, K, and F
B) P, S, and L
C) P, L, and K
D) S, L, and U
E) V, U, and H
- 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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