This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Cbse > Class 11 > Arts Humanities > Geography > Class 11 Geography Chapter 2 The Earth'S Structure – Quiz 14 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Class 11 Geography Chapter 2 The Earth'S Structure Quiz 14 (60 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. True or False-the inner core is made from molten iron and nickel A) True. B) False. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) False. 2. Which layer of the earth is the least dense layer? A) Crust. B) Mantle. C) Inner core. D) Outer core. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Crust. 3. A rigid layer made up of the crust and the upper part of the mantle A) Asthenosphere. B) Lithosphere. C) Trench. D) Tectonic Plates. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Lithosphere. 4. The sun is a star? A) True. B) False. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) True. 5. What layer of the earth primarily produces heat from radioactive decay? A) Inner core. B) Crust. C) Mantle. D) Outer core. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Inner core. 6. This are the waves of energy caused by the sudden breaking of rock within the earth. A) Ocean Waves. B) Seismic Waves. C) Tsunami. D) Electromagnetic Waves. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Seismic Waves. 7. A tsunami is caused by A) Tectonic plates sinking. B) Inactive volcanoes building up pressure. C) The crust melting into the mantle. D) Tectonic plates moving underwater. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Tectonic plates moving underwater. 8. True or False? Earthquakes and volcanoes only happen on continents; they cannot happen underwater. A) True. B) False. C) I am not sure. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) False. 9. A place where plates move toward each other in a collision. A) Convergent boundaries. B) Divergent boundaries. C) Transform boundaries. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Convergent boundaries. 10. This layer is mostly made up of liquid iron. A) Outer core. B) Inner core. C) Asthenosphere. D) Lithosphere. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Outer core. 11. What happens to convection currents when a heat source is removed form a fluid? A) Changes direction. B) Continues at the same rate. C) Eventually stops. D) Speeds up. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Eventually stops. 12. Scientist Andreaja dicovered the: A) Mohorovicic Discontinuity. B) The Gutenberg Discontinuity. C) The Core. D) Mantle. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Mohorovicic Discontinuity. 13. Main type of waves that can travel the earth's inner layers. A) Surface waves. B) Love waves. C) Rayleigh waves. D) Body waves. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Body waves. 14. What happens to density, pressure, and temperature as you travel from the crust to the inner core? A) They increase. B) They go up, then down. C) They stay the same. D) They decrease. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) They increase. 15. What causes a tsunami? A) By mountains forming under water. B) An earthquake in mountainous regions. C) An earthquake under the sea. D) By molten rock bubbling up out of trenches. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) An earthquake under the sea. 16. Geologist want to take core samples from the Pacific Ocean and New Jersey. If they dig deep enough, will geologist eventually find hard, solid rock? A) Yes, but only in New Jersey. B) Yes, but only in the Pacific Ocean. C) Yes, in both New Jersey and the Pacific Ocean. D) No, they will not find hard, solid rock at either location. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Yes, in both New Jersey and the Pacific Ocean. 17. Which of the following is NOT involved in the formation of sedimentary rocks? A) Melting. B) Compaction. C) Weathering. D) Erosion. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Melting. 18. Where does convection occur? A) In the mantle. B) In the outer core. C) In the crust. D) In the inner core. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) In the mantle. 19. This "flows, " but is still solid: A) Continental Crust. B) Oceanic Crust. C) Asthenosphere. D) Lithosphere. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Asthenosphere. 20. The layer of the earth do we live on is the A) Asthenosphere. B) Crust. C) Inner core. D) Mantle. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Crust. 21. Rock formed by cooling of magma on reaching earth's surface: A) Extrusive rocks. B) Intrusive rocks. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Extrusive rocks. 22. Which crust is made up of basaltic rock? A) Oceanic. B) Continental. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Oceanic. 23. A group of mountains is known as a A) Mountain peak. B) Mountain. C) Mountain range. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Mountain range. 24. What are the two parts of the Earth's core? A) Mantle and crust. B) Solid core and liquid core. C) Upper core and lower core. D) Inner core and outer core. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Inner core and outer core. 25. The physical and scientific conditions in which an organism lives, makes up its environment. A) True. B) False. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) False. 26. Which two metals are thought to be found in the core? A) Iron and steel. B) Iron and nickel. C) Gold and silver. D) Iron and copper. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Iron and nickel. 27. Which statement is true about oceanic crust? A) It is thicker than continental crust. B) It is the thinner than continental crust. C) It is made of melted rock. D) It is made of liquid metal. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) It is the thinner than continental crust. 28. Which is the best predictor of the relative age of a layer of rock? A) Position of the layer. B) Length of the layer. C) Thickness of the layer. D) Size of the layer. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Position of the layer. 29. What causes deformation of rock? A) Time. B) Stress in the earth's crust. C) Water. D) Tyme. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Stress in the earth's crust. 30. How does radioactive dating help determine the age of Earth? A) By comparing the decay of radioactive isotopes in rocks. B) By measuring the amount of carbon in a sample. C) By analyzing the color of rock layers. D) By counting the number of fossils in a layer. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) By comparing the decay of radioactive isotopes in rocks. 31. The asthenosphere is the only liquid layer of Earth. A) TRUE. B) FALSE. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) FALSE. 32. Which of the following has the greatest direct influence on movement of the lithosphere? A) Earth's Core. B) Earth's Mantle. C) The moon. D) The sun. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Earth's Mantle. 33. The rising and falling of hot and cold fluids is called ..... A) Conduction. B) Asthenosphere. C) Mantle. D) Convection. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Convection. 34. Three layers of the mantle A) Lithosphere, mesosphere, crust. B) Lithosphere, asthenosphere, mesosphere. C) Mesosphere, core, oceanic mantle. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Lithosphere, asthenosphere, mesosphere. 35. What type of rock is formed by heat and pressure ..... A) Igneous. B) Sedimentary. C) Metamorphic. D) Rock and roll. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Metamorphic. 36. Layer of the Earth is divided into huge pieces called tectonic plates. A) Convergent Boundary. B) Lithosphere. C) Divergent Boundary. D) Transform Boundary. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Lithosphere. 37. Which layer of an egg best represents the crust? a. the egg shell b. the egg white c. the egg shell & egg white together d. the egg white and egg yolk together A) The egg shell. B) The egg white. C) The yellow yolk. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) The egg shell. 38. The 3 types of rocks: A) Sedimentary rocks, Metamorphic rocks, Sea rocks. B) Sea rocks, Sedimentary rocks, Halite rocks. C) Igneous rocks, Halite rocks, Block rocks. D) Igneous rocks, Sedimentary rocks, Metamorphic rocks. E) Metamorphic rocks, Sedimentary rocks, Halite rocks. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Igneous rocks, Sedimentary rocks, Metamorphic rocks. 39. Lithosphere is divided into sections called ..... A) Plates. B) Magma. C) Boundaries. D) Inner core. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Plates. 40. How hot is it in the Earth's center? A) 6000 Celcius. B) 6 million Celcius. C) 451 Fahrenheit. D) 600 Celcius. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) 6000 Celcius. 41. What layer is between the inner core and the mantle? A) Lithosphere. B) Outer core. C) Asthenosphere. D) Crust. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Outer core. 42. What piece of evidence helps scientist understand Earth's layers? A) Seismic waves. B) Volcanic eruptions/rocks. C) Magnetic field. D) All of these answers are correct. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) All of these answers are correct. 43. What layer of the Earth do convection currents happen in? A) Crust. B) Outer Core. C) Inner Core. D) Mantle. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Mantle. 44. What can cause a sand dune to shift? A) Water. B) Ice. C) Wind. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Wind. 45. Tectonic plates are made up of continental crust and ..... crust. A) Mantle. B) Plates. C) Oceanic. D) Continental. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Oceanic. 46. Why does magma rise in convection currents when it's heated up and sink when it cools down? A) When magma heats up it become less dense which causes it to rise. B) When magma heats up it becomes attracted to the oceanic crust on the surface. C) When magma cool off it becomes more attracted to earth's core so it sinks. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) When magma heats up it become less dense which causes it to rise. 47. What are the four layers of the Earth from inside to the outside? A) Crust, mantle, outer core, inner core. B) Inner core, outer core, mantle, crust. C) Crust, Outer core, mantle, inner core. D) Mantle, outer core, inner core, crust. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Inner core, outer core, mantle, crust. 48. What role does the mantle play in the movement of Earth's plates? A) It remains stationary, allowing plates to move over it. B) It convects, driving the movement of plates. C) It solidifies, preventing plate movement. D) It erodes, causing plates to sink. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) It convects, driving the movement of plates. 49. Which is more dense? A) Continental crust. B) Oceanic crust. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Oceanic crust. 50. The central portion of the earth is the ..... A) Crust. B) Core. C) Mantle. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Core. 51. Made of the uppermost mantle and crust: A) Asthenosphere. B) Continental Crust. C) Lithosphere. D) Oceanic Crust. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Lithosphere. 52. True or False.The deeper you go into the earth, the greater the pressure. A) True. B) False. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) True. 53. Which compositional layer is made of iron and some nickel? A) Crust. B) Mantle. C) Core. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Core. 54. What type of plate is thicker? A) Continental. B) Oceanic. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Continental. 55. Basalt forms when lava cools on Earth's surface. Granite forms when magma cools within the Earth. Which of these statements correctly classifies both basalt and granite? A) Basalt and granite are both igneous rocks. B) Basalt and granite are both metamorphic rocks. C) Basalt is igneous rock, and granite is metamorphic rock. D) Basalt is metamorphic rock, and granite is igneous rock. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Basalt and granite are both igneous rocks. 56. A German scientist who proposed the theory of continental drift A) Marie Curie. B) Albert Einstein. C) Alfred Wegener. D) James Watson. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Alfred Wegener. 57. Which of these is a constructive force? A) Hurricane. B) Volcano. C) Tornado. D) Earthquake. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Volcano. 58. When one plate rides up over another causing the other to be pushed down into the mantle A) Continental drift. B) Plate boundary. C) Oceanic plate. D) Subduction. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Subduction. 59. Solid, outer layer and is made of both the oceanic and continental crust. A) Core. B) Crust. C) Mantle. D) Hydrosphere. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Crust. 60. The Lithosphere is made up of the ..... A) Crust and Upper Mantle. B) Inner and Outer Cores. C) Outer Core and Lower Mantle. D) Lower and Middle Mantle. 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