This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Cbse > Class 11 > Arts Humanities > Geography > Class 11 Geography Chapter 2 The Earth'S Structure – Quiz 2 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Class 11 Geography Chapter 2 The Earth'S Structure Quiz 2 (60 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. The process by which water, ice, wind or gravity moves weathered rock and soil from one place to another. A) Dumptruck. B) Weathering. C) Deposition. D) Erosion. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Erosion. 2. What is the range of temperature in the core? A) 4400 to 6000. B) 2200 to 3000. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) 4400 to 6000. 3. Which of Earth's layers is composed mostly of liquid metal? A) Outer core. B) Crust. C) Mantle. D) Inner core. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Outer core. 4. What is the scientific theory of plate tectonics? A) A theory about the formation of the solar system. B) A well-supported explanation of the movement of Earth's plates. C) A law describing the Earth's rotation. D) A hypothesis about the Earth's magnetic field. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) A well-supported explanation of the movement of Earth's plates. 5. The lower part of continental crust is made of: A) Sima. B) Sial. C) Siam. D) Masi. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Sima. 6. What is the evidence for continental drift? A) Volcanoes. B) Shapes of continents fitting together. C) Presence of water in the hydrosphere. D) Magma convection currents. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Shapes of continents fitting together. 7. What process is responsible for the Atlantic Ocean becoming wider by a few centimeters each year? A) Seafloor spreading along the Mid-Atlantic Ridge. B) One plate moving under the other plate. C) Two plates meeting at a transform boundary. D) The edges of the continents are subsiding. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Seafloor spreading along the Mid-Atlantic Ridge. 8. Objects that are closer together have more gravitational force. A) True. B) False. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) True. 9. Motion that transfers heat energy in a material A) Convection. B) Convection currents. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Convection currents. 10. Which layer has less humus and fewer living things ..... A) Subsoil layer. B) Top soil layer. C) Organic layer. D) Rock layer. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Subsoil layer. 11. The Earth is formed in layers because layers have different ..... A) Densities. B) Personalities. C) Masses. D) States of matter. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Densities. 12. Which layer of the Earth has plasticity and could be represented in a model with toothpaste? A) Crust. B) Lithosphere. C) Asthenosphere. D) Mantle. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Asthenosphere. 13. ..... is the most significant form of erosion. A) Wind. B) Waves. C) Glaciers. D) Water. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Water. 14. The hypothesis that states that the continents once formed a single landmass, broke up, and drifted to their present locations A) Lithosphere. B) Plate Tectonics. C) Pacific Ring of Fire. D) Continental Drift. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Continental Drift. 15. Sial is mainly made up of: A) Metamorphic. B) Mica. C) Basalt. D) Granite. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Granite. 16. Earth's inner core is a ..... due to extreme pressure. A) Liquid. B) Gas. C) Plasma. D) Solid. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Solid. 17. What kind of texture does Intrusive-Igneous rocks have? A) Fine-grained. B) Smooth. C) Coarse grained. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Coarse grained. 18. Violent collisions of planetesimals during the formation of the planet generated a significant amount of earth's internal heat. A) True. B) False. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) True. 19. Which of the following is the most likely cause of earthquakes? A) Crashing meteorites. B) Magnetic force. C) Shifting rock layers. D) Rotation of the core. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Shifting rock layers. 20. What is the difference between the inner and outer core? A) The outer core is liquid, the inner core is solid. B) The inner core is liquid and the outer core is solid. C) The outer core is made of nickel and the inner core is made of iron. D) The outer core is hotter than the inner core. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) The outer core is liquid, the inner core is solid. 21. Why do volcanoes form at subduction zones and not other boundaries? A) Convergent boundaries produce infant volcanoes that are destroyed before they can release magma. B) At subduction zones the dense oceanic crust melts, becomes less dense, and rises to the surface as hot magma. C) Transform boundaries are when tectonic plates slide past each other creating too much energy that would destroy volcano formation. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) At subduction zones the dense oceanic crust melts, becomes less dense, and rises to the surface as hot magma. 22. What is the correct order of the physical layers of the geosphere? A) Lithosphere, asthenosphere, mesosphere, outer core, inner core. B) Inner core, asthenosphere, lithosphere, outer core, mesosphere. C) Mesosphere, lithosphere, asthenosphere, inner core, outer core. D) Outer core, inner core, mesosphere, asthenosphere, lithosphere. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Lithosphere, asthenosphere, mesosphere, outer core, inner core. 23. Which is the best option for viewing the inside of something? A) Earthquake map. B) Hydrophone. C) Seismograph. D) Cross section. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Cross section. 24. Which layer is a mixture of humus and sediment; worms, insects, and animals live here ..... A) Topsoil layer. B) Rock layer. C) Subsoil layer. D) Organic layer. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Topsoil layer. 25. Which sphere is made up of all the gases that surround Earth? A) Atmosphere. B) Biosphere. C) Lithosphere. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Atmosphere. 26. What is the correct layers of the earth starting with the surface? A) Outer core, inner core, crust, mantle. B) Crust, outer core, inner core, mantle. C) Crust, mantle, outer core, inner core. D) Mantle, outer core, inner core, crust. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Crust, mantle, outer core, inner core. 27. Earth's mantle is A) A layer of molten metal. B) A layer of hot rock. C) A dense ball of solid metal. D) A layer of rock that forms Earth's outer skin. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) A layer of hot rock. 28. The scientist that studies seismic activity is called a ..... A) Seismologist. B) Seismometer. C) Seismagram. D) Seismographer. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Seismologist. 29. How deep would you have to drill to reach the center of the earth? A) About 6, 000 kilometers. B) About 60, 000 kilometers. C) About 600 kilometers. D) About 600, 000 kilometers. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) About 6, 000 kilometers. 30. What is one of the primary sources of heat in the earth's interior? A) Microwave radiation. B) Kinetic energy as we move in orbit around the sun. C) Heat from the sun. D) Radioactive decay. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Radioactive decay. 31. Which layer is made of solid Iron and nickel? A) Inner Core. B) Mantle. C) Outer Core. D) Crust. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Inner Core. 32. The core of the earth is called as A) SIMA. B) NIFE. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) NIFE. 33. Continental plates:plates under ..... , A) Ocean. B) Boundaries. C) Continents. D) Non of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Continents. 34. What is the second layer of Earth? A) Mantle. B) Inner core. C) Outer core. D) Crust. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Mantle. 35. This solid layer of the Earth is mostly iron and nickel: A) Mantle. B) Outer Core. C) Inner Core. D) Crust. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Inner Core. 36. Which part of the earth is described as liquid? A) Mantle. B) Inner Core. C) Crust. D) Outer Core. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Outer Core. 37. Which layer of Earth is known for its plasticity and ability to flow slowly, allowing tectonic plates to move? A) Inner Core. B) Crust. C) Outer Core. D) Mantle. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Mantle. 38. The lithosphere can may be found in the A) Crust and upper mantle. B) Crust. C) Mantle. D) Inner core and mantle. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Crust and upper mantle. 39. Mountain ranges generally form at this type of boundary. A) Divergent boundary. B) Convergent boundary (oceanic to continental). C) Subduction zone. D) Convergent boundary (continental to continental). Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Convergent boundary (continental to continental). 40. What word describes the difference between the highest and lowest point in elevation? A) Relief. B) Elevation. C) Landform. D) Topography. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Relief. 41. What is the state of the outer core? A) Liquid Metal. B) Solid Rock. C) Plasma. D) Gas. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Liquid Metal. 42. Which one of these is NOT proof the plate tectonic theory? A) Matching rock layers have been found on different continents separated by ocean. B) There are ancient cave pictures of one large continent. C) The continents look like puzzle pieces that fit together. D) Fossils of the same animal have been found on different continents that are separated by ocean. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) There are ancient cave pictures of one large continent. 43. What is subsidence? A) The rising of the crust. B) The sinking of the crust. C) The mixing of the crust. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) The sinking of the crust. 44. Scientists believe the ..... is made of liquid iron and nickel, and moves to produce Earth's magnetic field. A) Mantle. B) Convection currents. C) Crust. D) Outer core. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Outer core. 45. Made of dark, dense rock such as basalt. A) Lithosphere. B) Oceanic Crust. C) Asthenosphere. D) Continental Crust. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Oceanic Crust. 46. The tallest mountain in the world is the ..... and the tallest mountain range is the ..... A) Mt. Everest, Himalayan. B) Coma Hill, Rocky Mountains. C) Alps Mountain, Andes Mountain. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Mt. Everest, Himalayan. 47. What layer of the earth is made of liquid iron & nickel? A) Outer core. B) Crust. C) Inner core. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Outer core. 48. True or False? Earth's crust is made of many different kinds of rocks that are categorized into 3 groups:igneous, sedimentary, and metamorphic. A) True. B) False. C) I am not sure. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) True. 49. What word best characterizes the lower mantle? A) Lukewarm. B) Cool. C) Molten. D) Scalding. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Scalding. 50. A sudden shaking of Earth's surface A) Plate boundary. B) Earthquake. C) Geosphere. D) Divergent. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Earthquake. 51. The Ring of Fire is located in (the) ..... and is where ..... occurs frequently. A) Pacific, Earthquakes. B) Atlantic, Volcanoes. C) Africa, Earthquakes. D) Asia, Volcanoes. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Pacific, Earthquakes. 52. There is only one kind of Earth's crust. A) TRUE. B) FALSE. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) FALSE. 53. Formed by two continental plates colliding and forcing each other upwards A) Plate Movement. B) Mountains. C) Earthquakes. D) Hotspot Volcanoes. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Mountains. 54. "Converge" means ..... A) To move towards each other. B) To drift apart. C) To stop. D) To slip by each other. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) To move towards each other. 55. The crust and the upper mantle together make up the layer of rock called the ..... which is broken down into tectonic plates. A) Geosphere. B) Mesosphere. C) Troposphere. D) Lithosphere. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Lithosphere. 56. New ocean floor, and ridges in the ocean floor are created at A) Divergent boundaries. B) Convergent boundaries. C) Transform boundaries. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Divergent boundaries. 57. Which layer of the Earth is the hottest? A) Crust. B) Mantle. C) Inner core. D) Outer core. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Inner core. 58. Underwater mountain chain A) Convection. B) Mid-ocean ridge. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Mid-ocean ridge. 59. Which physical property layer contains the crust and theuppermost part of the mantle? A) Convection. B) Asthenosphere. C) Crust. D) Lithosphere. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Lithosphere. 60. Which rock type is most common in Earth's crust? A) Sedimentary. B) Igneous. C) Organic. D) Metamorphic. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Igneous. ← PreviousNext →Related QuizzesArts Humanities QuizzesClass 11 QuizzesClass 11 Geography Chapter 2 The Earth'S Structure Quiz 1Class 11 Geography Chapter 2 The Earth'S Structure Quiz 3Class 11 Geography Chapter 2 The Earth'S Structure Quiz 4Class 11 Geography Chapter 2 The Earth'S Structure Quiz 5Class 11 Geography Chapter 2 The Earth'S Structure Quiz 6Class 11 Geography Chapter 2 The Earth'S Structure Quiz 7Class 11 Geography Chapter 2 The Earth'S Structure Quiz 8Class 11 Geography Chapter 2 The Earth'S Structure Quiz 9 🏠 Back to Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books