This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Cbse > Class 11 > Arts Humanities > Geography > Class 11 Geography Chapter 2 The Earth'S Structure – Quiz 16 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Class 11 Geography Chapter 2 The Earth'S Structure Quiz 16 (60 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. Which of these is not a geological event due to the movement of tectonic plates? A) Volcanoes. B) Mountain forming. C) Deltas forming. D) Earthquakes. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Deltas forming. 2. A plate boundary where two plates collide, come together, or crash into each other A) Convergent Boundary. B) Divergent Boundary. C) Earthquakes. D) Transform Boundary. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Convergent Boundary. 3. ..... is the tendency of a mineral to break into flat sheets and ..... is the tendency of a mineral to break into jagged and rough piece A) Fracture, cleavage. B) Cleavage, fracture. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Cleavage, fracture. 4. The asthenosphere makes up the? A) Upper portion of the mantel. B) The lower portion of the crust. C) Just the Athenosphere. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Upper portion of the mantel. 5. What is a naturally occurring solid aggregate of minerals? A) Rock. B) Soil. C) Clay. D) Sandstone. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Rock. 6. On which layer of the Earth do the tectonic plates move? A) Core. B) Atmosphere. C) Lithosphere. D) Mantle. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Mantle. 7. Wegener was convinced that all of Earth's continents were once part of an enormous, single landmass called Pangaea. A) True. B) False. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) True. 8. What is the Earth's core primarily made of? A) Gold and silver. B) Iron and nickel. C) Aluminum and titanium. D) Copper and zinc. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Iron and nickel. 9. ..... is a large ocean wave caused by an earthquake or volcanic eruption underwater. A) Earthquakes. B) Divergent movement. C) Tsunami. D) Volcano. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Tsunami. 10. Which describes Earth's astenosphere? A) Freeze-dried. B) Brittle. C) Fast-moving. D) Plastic. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Plastic. 11. At which plate margin would you expect to see subduction (Where one plate gets pushed below another)? A) Conservative margin. B) Collision margin. C) Constructuve margin. D) Destructive margin. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Destructive margin. 12. Mountain formation can result when which of the following occurs? A) Two continental plates spread apart. B) Two oceanic plates collide together. C) Two continental plates collide together. D) Two oceanic plates spread apart. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Two continental plates collide together. 13. Which is the largest layer of the earth? A) Crust. B) Outer core. C) Inner core. D) Mantle. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Mantle. 14. Which of these layers is the largest? A) Outer core. B) Mantle. C) Asthenosphere. D) Lithosphere. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Mantle. 15. Hot fluid or semi-fluid material below or within the earth's crust from which lava and other igneous rock is formed on cooling. A) Magma. B) Core. C) Lithosphere. D) Convection Current. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Magma. 16. Approximately 225 million years ago, the Earth's continents were grouped into one landmass called: A) Concordia. B) Pangaea. C) Atlantis. D) Thermopylae. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Pangaea. 17. What type of plate boundary has 2 tectoinc plate sliding passed each other and getting stuck? When they snap free they produce large earthquakes. A) Conservative boundary. B) Collision boundary. C) Destructive boundary. D) Constructive boundary. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Conservative boundary. 18. What is Earth's thinnest layer? A) Crust. B) Outer core. C) Inner core. D) Mantle. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Crust. 19. Which type of rock is limestone? A) Sedimentary. B) Metamorphic. C) Igneous. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Sedimentary. 20. Which main layer is more dense than the crust but less dense than the outer core? A) Crust. B) Mantle. C) Inner core. D) Outer core. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Mantle. 21. Mohorovic Discontinuity is situated in or near the Asthenosphere. A) True. B) False. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) True. 22. When a sedimentary rock changes shape under heat and pressure, but does notmelt completely, it becomes which of the following types of rock? A) Sedimentary. B) Volcanic. C) Igneous. D) Metamorphic. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Metamorphic. 23. It travels only in SOLID A) S wave. B) Love wave. C) P wave. D) Rayleigh wave. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) S wave. 24. The point within the earth where rock is under stress is called ..... A) Focus. B) Epicenter. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Focus. 25. The more dense an object ..... A) The weaker the gravitational force. B) The stronger gravitational force. C) The more round the object. D) The less affect it has on the magnetic field. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) The stronger gravitational force. 26. What is the Ring of Fire? A) A type of jewelry worn on the finger. B) A popular song by Johnny Cash. C) A major area in the basin of the Pacific Ocean where a large number of earthquakes and volcanic eruptions occur. D) A fictional place in a fantasy novel. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) A major area in the basin of the Pacific Ocean where a large number of earthquakes and volcanic eruptions occur. 27. What is the crust made of? A) Hydrogen and helium. B) Silicon and oxygen (silicates). C) Calcium and hydrogen. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Silicon and oxygen (silicates). 28. The Earth is made up of two types of crust. Which is more dense? A) Continental crust-granite. B) Oceanic crust-granite. C) Continental crust-basalt. D) Oceanic crust-basalt. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Oceanic crust-basalt. 29. Explain how physical evidence supports the theory that Earth has evolved over geologic time. A) Fossil records show no change over time. B) Rock layers show a consistent pattern of deposition. C) Fossil records and rock layers show changes in species and environments. D) Erosion rates have remained constant. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Fossil records and rock layers show changes in species and environments. 30. Which lists the layers of the earth in the correct order? (from the outside) A) Mantle Asthenosphere, Core. B) Mantle, Asthenosphere, Core. C) Asthenosphere, Mantle, Core. D) Core, Mantle, Asthenosphere. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Asthenosphere, Mantle, Core. 31. Rocks and sediment change as they move through the rock cycle. Which change involves turning into melting? A) Rock to sediment. B) Lava to rock. C) Rock to magma. D) Magma to lava. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Rock to magma. 32. This is a solid ball of mostly iron and nickel: A) Lower Mantle. B) Inner Core. C) Outer Core. D) Upper Mantle. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Inner Core. 33. (a) is when rocks are no longer brittle and they begin to flow A) A. Plastic. B) Inner Core. C) Mantle. D) Crust. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) A. Plastic. 34. Both earthquakes and volcanoes are often found along ..... , which are cracks in Earth's crust. A) Lithospheres. B) Epicenters. C) Plate tectonics. D) Faults. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Faults. 35. Which is NOT a way that plates interact? A) Converging. B) Subverging. C) Sliding. D) Diverging. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Subverging. 36. Which type of rock is the cooled lava from a volcano? A) Magma. B) Igneous. C) Sedimentary. D) Metamorphic. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Igneous. 37. ..... is the technology scientists use to measure how fast the plates move. A) RNS. B) GPS. C) Infrared waves. D) Pencil and paper. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) GPS. 38. The athenosphere is part of which layer? A) Outer Core. B) Mantle. C) Inner core. D) Crust. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Mantle. 39. What process describes the movement of continental and oceanic plates on the Earth's surface? (a) A) Erosion. B) A. Plate Tectonics. C) Volcanism. D) Weathering. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) A. Plate Tectonics. 40. Which statement best describes the Law of Superposition? A) Rocks that form near volcanoes are older than surrounding rock. B) Each sedimentary layer of rock represents 1, 000 years of Earth's age, much like the rings of a tree. C) In undisturbed layers of sedimentary rocks, the upper rock layers are older than the lower rock layers. D) In undisturbed layers of sedimentary rock, the lowest layers contain the older rocks. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) In undisturbed layers of sedimentary rock, the lowest layers contain the older rocks. 41. Quartzite is an example of: A) Igneous. B) Metamorphic. C) Sedimentary. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Metamorphic. 42. Which belongs to Earth's geosphere A) Mountains. B) Carbon dioxide. C) Foxes. D) Oceans. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Mountains. 43. What is the Earth's mantle responsible for? A) Ocean currents. B) Atmospheric composition. C) Plate tectonics. D) All of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Plate tectonics. 44. What is a convergent boundary? A) A convergent boundary occurs when two plates come together. B) A boundary where two plates move apart. C) A boundary where one plate sinks beneath another. D) A boundary where two plates slide past each other. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) A convergent boundary occurs when two plates come together. 45. What is the layer of Earth that is primarily composed of silicate rocks and is located directly beneath the crust? A) Crust. B) Inner Core. C) Outer Core. D) Mantle. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Mantle. 46. What is the process called when heat from the Earth's interior causes the movement of tectonic plates? A) Conduction. B) Convection. C) Radiation. D) Subduction. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Convection. 47. Who was the scientist that proposed the continental drift hypothesis? A) Alfred Wegener. B) Isaac Newtion. C) Alfred Nobel. D) Albert Einstien. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Alfred Wegener. 48. What does the prefix-hydro mean? A) Air, vapor. B) Rock and stone. C) Water. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Water. 49. The tool used for measuring the strength of an earthquake is called ..... A) Seismograph. B) Telegraph. C) Barometer. D) Stopwatch. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Seismograph. 50. Describe the mantle. A) It is a liquid layer that flows like water. B) It is a solid rocky layer, but is at such high temperatures and pressures that it is described much like warm wax. C) It is a gaseous layer surrounding the Earth. D) It is a thin layer of ice that covers the Earth's surface. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) It is a solid rocky layer, but is at such high temperatures and pressures that it is described much like warm wax. 51. The deeper you go into the earth, the colder it gets A) True. B) False. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) False. 52. Exact place where an earthquake occurs ..... A) Target. B) Fault. C) Focus. D) Epicenter. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Focus. 53. Which of the following best explains why earthquakes are common along tectonic plate boundaries? A) The plates are stationary and accumulate stress over time. B) The plates are constantly moving and interacting with each other. C) The plates are made of liquid magma that flows easily. D) The plates are too thick to allow any movement. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) The plates are constantly moving and interacting with each other. 54. Which instrument records the shaking of the earth's surface caused by seismic waves? A) Mercalli Intensity. B) Richter Magnitude. C) Seismograph. D) Seismology Scale. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Seismograph. 55. What is the thin, solid, outermost layer of Earth? A) Crust. B) Mantle. C) Outer Core. D) Inner Core. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Crust. 56. Which event causes an earthquake? A) Erosion within the center of a crustal plate. B) Movement along a crustal plate boundary. C) Glaciers moving through a valley. D) Waves moving along a coast. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Movement along a crustal plate boundary. 57. What is the time taken by the Earth to complete one rotation? A) 48 hours. B) 36 hours. C) 12 hours. D) 24 hours. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) 24 hours. 58. What is a computer system that store and processes geographic data from various sources? A) Volcano. B) Core-mantle boundary. C) Geographic information system. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Geographic information system. 59. Which type of metamorphic rock has minerals in bands or stripes? A) Foliated. B) Coarse grained. C) Fine grained. D) Nonfoliated. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Foliated. 60. Most geologists rejected Alfred Wegener's idea of continental drift because ..... A) Wegener used several different types of evidence to support his hypothesis. B) It did not agree with their current theory. C) Wegener could not identify the force that moved the continents. D) Wegener was interested in what Earth was like millions of years ago. 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