This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Cbse > Class 11 > Arts Humanities > Geography > Class 11 Geography Chapter 2 The Earth'S Structure – Quiz 3 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Class 11 Geography Chapter 2 The Earth'S Structure Quiz 3 (60 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. What is an isthmus? A) Narrow strip of land connecting two larger landforms. B) A small island. C) A group or chain of islands. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Narrow strip of land connecting two larger landforms. 2. In which layer of the Earth is the athenosphere located? A) Crust. B) Mantle. C) Outer core. D) Inner core. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Mantle. 3. Which type of plate boundary occurs when two plates collide and one is forced beneath the other? A) Subduction plate boundary. B) Transform plate boundary. C) Convergent plate boundary. D) Divergent plate boundary. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Convergent plate boundary. 4. Which part of Earth may act like a liquid? A) Outer core. B) Lithosphere. C) Inner core. D) Crust. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Outer core. 5. This is considered as the fastest kind of seismic waves. A) Primary waves. B) Secondary waves. C) Body waves. D) Love waves. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Primary waves. 6. This layer of Earth is the thickest part A) Outer core. B) Crust. C) Inner core. D) Mantle. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Mantle. 7. Most tectonic plates have both oceanic and continental crust. How are they different? A) Oceanic is thinner and less dense than continental. B) Continental is thinner than more dense than oceanic. C) Continental is thicker and less dense than oceanic. D) Oceanic is thicker and more dense than continental. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Continental is thicker and less dense than oceanic. 8. What is a product of uplift? A) Mountains. B) Sink holes. C) Ditches. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Mountains. 9. The liquid iron part of the core A) Inner core. B) Mantle. C) Crust. D) Outer core. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Outer core. 10. What happens in the Earth's Mantle? A) There is water moving. B) More dense cooler magma moves upward. C) Less dense hot magma moves downward. D) Convection currents flow within the mantle. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Convection currents flow within the mantle. 11. Shaking of land that occurs when a fault moves suddenly ..... A) Faults. B) Earthquakes. C) Tornadoes. D) Tsunami. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Earthquakes. 12. What is the rigid outermost layer of Earth that includes the crust and the uppermost mantle A) Lithosphere. B) Continental crust. C) Oceanic crust. D) Asthenosphere. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Lithosphere. 13. What is the process by which the Earth's lithosphere is broken into large pieces? A) Volcanic Eruption. B) Plate Tectonics. C) Earthquake. D) Continental Drift. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Plate Tectonics. 14. What theory explains the movement of the Earth's lithospheric plates? A) Plate Tectonics. B) Geosyncline Theory. C) Continental Drift. D) Seafloor Spreading. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Plate Tectonics. 15. The lithosphere and asthenosphere are part of the A) Upper Mantle. B) Inner Core. C) Lower Mantle. D) Outer Core. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Upper Mantle. 16. What natural phenomenon is caused by the sudden release of energy in the Earth's crust? A) Tsunami. B) Earthquakes. C) Volcanoes. D) Landslides. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Earthquakes. 17. What is the heat source for convection in the mantle? A) The Crust. B) The Mantle. C) The Core. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) The Core. 18. The crust-mantle interface is known as ..... A) Mohorovicic Discontinuity. B) Gutenberg Discontinuity. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Mohorovicic Discontinuity. 19. Which event most likely caused the formation of folded mountain ranges on Earth? A) Tectonic plates pulling apart. B) Tectonic plates pushing together. C) Tectonic plates sliding past each other. D) Tectonic plates breaking into small pieces. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Tectonic plates pushing together. 20. Heat and pressure deep beneath Earth's surface can change any rock into ..... A) Igneous rock. B) Sedimentary rock. C) Metamorphic rock. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Metamorphic rock. 21. What is the combination of the crust and uppermost mantle? A) Geosphere. B) Lithosphere. C) Asthenosphere. D) Magnetosphere. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Lithosphere. 22. Which phenomenon is found in all three convergent zones? A) Mountains. B) Volcanoes. C) Trenches. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Mountains. 23. The different layers that formed inside Earth are due to the different ..... of the materials. A) Volumes. B) Lengths. C) Masses. D) Densities. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Densities. 24. Which sublayer is made up of the crust and upper mantle? A) Outer Core. B) Inner Core. C) Lithosphere. D) Asthenosphere. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Lithosphere. 25. The process by which sediment is moved from one place to another. Can be caused by water, wind, ice, and gravity. A) Rock Cycle. B) Erosion. C) Deposition. D) Uplift. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Erosion. 26. What is the tilt angle of the Earth's axis during rotation? A) 10$^\circ$. B) 45$^\circ$. C) 66$^\circ$. D) 23.5$^\circ$. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) 23.5$^\circ$. 27. What is the third layer of Earth? A) Crust. B) Inner core. C) Outer core. D) Mantle. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Outer core. 28. The crust underneath the oceans. A) Oceanic crust. B) Tectonic plates. C) Biosphere. D) Continental crust. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Oceanic crust. 29. An opening in the Earth's surface through which magma and gases erupt A) Earthquake. B) Volcano. C) Ridge. D) Subduction. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Volcano. 30. Where does the energy that drives convection currents inside the Earth's Crust come from? A) Inner coer. B) Outer Core. C) Crust. D) Mantle. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Inner coer. 31. Which sphere would mountain ranges fall under? A) Biosphere. B) Geosphere. C) Atmosphere. D) Hydrosphere. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Geosphere. 32. A deep well or mine shaft goes through which layer or layers of Earth? A) Crust only. B) Mantle only. C) Crust and mantle. D) Mantle and core. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Crust only. 33. There is a hot spot under ..... National Park, where the heat causes boiling mud pools and ..... like Old Faithful. A) Yellowstone, geysers. B) Jellystone; spurts. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Yellowstone, geysers. 34. If the Earth's mantle were completely solid, ..... plates could not move around. A) Terrible. B) Tectonic. C) Titanic. D) Technical. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Tectonic. 35. What was the name of the supercontinent during the Triassic period? A) Gondwanaland. B) Pangea. C) Laurasia. D) Rodinia. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Pangea. 36. What does the theory of continental drift state? A) The continents were once joined in a super-continent and have moved over time. B) Continents are stationary and do not move. C) The Earth is broken into lithospheric plates that move due to convection currents. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) The continents were once joined in a super-continent and have moved over time. 37. What is the 'peak' of a mountain? A) A group of mountains. B) The top of the mountain. C) The area where the mountain meets flat land. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) The top of the mountain. 38. What causes weathering? A) Wind, water, and ice. B) Earthquakes and volcanic eruptions. C) High temperatures and humidity. D) Chemical reactions in the atmosphere. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Wind, water, and ice. 39. Earthquakes typically occur at this type of boundary. A) Transform boundary. B) Divergent boundary. C) Convergent boundary (subduction zone). D) Convergent boundary (continental to continental). Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Transform boundary. 40. What do scientist believe to cause the tiny wobble in Earth's spin? A) Areas of solid iron floating over the molten core. B) The blending of materials between the upper core and the inner core. C) The amount of pressure put on the core from the weight above. D) The amount of magnesium in the core. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Areas of solid iron floating over the molten core. 41. "Diverge" means ..... A) To move in different directions. B) To stop. C) To slip past something. D) To move towards each other. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) To move in different directions. 42. As you move deeper into the Earth, ..... and ..... increase. A) Temperature, pressure. B) Convection, conduction. C) Pressure, convection. D) Temperature, thermal energy. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Temperature, pressure. 43. What indirect evidence have scientist used to determine the size of Earth's layers? A) Continental crust. B) Rocks. C) Seismic waves. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Seismic waves. 44. Plates of the lithosphere float on the ..... A) Atmosphere. B) Asthenosphere. C) Crust. D) Core. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Asthenosphere. 45. Why was Wegener's theory not accepted? A) He had no evidence. B) He was not a Scientist. C) He was married. D) He had no proof of how they were moving. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) He had no proof of how they were moving. 46. What happens to temperature as we move from the crust down into the inner core? A) Decreases. B) Increases. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Increases. 47. The asthenosphere is part of which layer of Earth? A) Outer core. B) Inner core. C) Mantle. D) Crust. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Mantle. 48. Which state of matter is the earth's inner core? A) Liquid. B) Solid. C) Gas. D) Plasma. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Solid. 49. Which causes rift valleys? A) Faults. B) Lava. C) Weather. D) Erosion. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Faults. 50. What is the thickest layer of the Earth? A) Outer Core. B) Mantle. C) Inner Core. D) Crust. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Mantle. 51. Which layers make up the lithosphere? A) Layers 5 and 4. B) Layers 4 and 3. C) Layers 3 and 2. D) Layers 2 and 1. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Layers 2 and 1. 52. True or false-friction plays a role within the process of convection (& resulting plate movement) A) True. B) False. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) True. 53. The layer that makes up most of the earth's mass and volume is the A) Mantle. B) Crust. C) Core. D) Asthenosphere. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Mantle. 54. Which layer of the Earth is just below the crust? A) Mantle. B) Inner core. C) Crust. D) Ourter core. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Mantle. 55. Which type of plate boundary occurs when two plates slide past each other horizontally? A) Convergent plate boundary. B) Transform plate boundary. C) Subduction plate boundary. D) Divergent plate boundary. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Transform plate boundary. 56. What is true about the PRESSURE of Earth's layers? A) Pressure increases as you move from the crust to the core of the Earth. B) Pressure increases as you move from the core to the crust of the Earth. C) Pressure remains the same all throughout Earth's layers. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Pressure increases as you move from the crust to the core of the Earth. 57. What is the Earth's innermost layer composed of? A) Liquid iron-nickel alloy. B) Molten lava. C) Solid iron-nickel alloy. D) Solid gold. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Solid iron-nickel alloy. 58. The landform that predominates in the eastern side of the United States is: A) Mountains. B) Plateaus. C) Hills. D) Plains. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Plains. 59. The outer most layer of Earth is the ..... A) Mantle. B) Outer core. C) Crust. D) Inner core. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Crust. 60. How many layers does Earth have? A) 1. B) 2. C) 3. D) 4. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) 4. ← 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 2Class 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