This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Class 11 > Class 11 Geography Chapter 2 The Earth'S Structure – Quiz 12 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Class 11 Geography Chapter 2 The Earth'S Structure Quiz 12 (25 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. The upper layer of the Earth which includes continental and ocean crust is called the: A) Lithosphere. B) Asthenosphere. C) Atmosphere. D) Stratosphere. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Lithosphere. 2. What causes the Earth's seasons? A) A The Earth's rotation on its axis. B) B The Earth's orbit around the Sun in an elliptical shape. C) C The tilt of the Earth's rotational axis away or toward the Sun. D) D The distance between the Earth and the Sun. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) C The tilt of the Earth's rotational axis away or toward the Sun. 3. The different layers formed on Earth are due to the differences in ..... of the materials. A) The mass. B) The volume. C) The climate. D) The density. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) The density. 4. Find the density of an object that has a volume of 20 cm3 and a mass of 56 g. A) 4.3 g/cm3. B) 3.8 g/cm3. C) 2.8 g/cm3. D) 1.7 g/cm3. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) 2.8 g/cm3. 5. A rock deep within the Earth experiences extreme temperature and pressure. After a long period of time it becomes which rock? A) Magma. B) Igneous. C) Metamorphic. D) Sedimentary. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Metamorphic. 6. What effect does the rotation of the Earth have on winds and ocean currents? A) Causes them to move faster. B) Causes them to be deflected. C) Causes them to reverse direction. D) Causes them to disappear. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Causes them to be deflected. 7. Which best describes how ice cores are important to the study of geologic history? A) They show unconformities, which signal changes in deposition. B) They hold index fossils, which are used to date the different ice cores. C) They contain evidence showing changes in the atmospheric composition over time. D) They follow the Law of Superposition, which gives reasons for extinctions of species. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) They contain evidence showing changes in the atmospheric composition over time. 8. Earth's surface features slowly change over time. For example, sharp, jagged mountain ranges become lower and more rounded over time. What factor(s) is responsible for this change in their shape? A) Weathering and erosion. B) Depostion. C) Movement of continents. D) Collisions between continental plates. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Weathering and erosion. 9. ..... is a mineral that contains iron, lead and aluminium A) Ore. B) Gem. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Ore. 10. Which sphere would oxygen fall under? A) Hydrosphere. B) Atmosphere. C) Geosphere. D) Biosphere. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Atmosphere. 11. Which of the following is true about seismic waves? A) Seismic waves can travel through surface and inner layers of the earth. B) Seismic waves are waves of energy that radiates during earthquake. C) Seismic waves provide information about the interior structure of the earth. D) ALL OF THE ABOVE. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Seismic waves can travel through surface and inner layers of the earth. 12. What is lava that cools into rock before it hits the ground called? A) Volcanic ash. B) Volcanic block. C) Volcanic bomb. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Volcanic bomb. 13. Which layer is made of liquid iron and nickel? A) Crust. B) Mantle. C) Outer Core. D) Inner Core. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Outer Core. 14. Choose 2 states where earthquakes are likely to take place-consider where the Ring of Fire is. A) Alaska, Hawaii. B) California, Alaska. C) Pennsylvania, Texas. D) Hawaii, California. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) California, Alaska. 15. Which layer is responsible for the earth's magnetism A) Crust. B) Mantle. C) Lithosphere. D) Core. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Core. 16. What is the name of the layer between the crust and the core? A) Core. B) Mantle. C) Inner core. D) Crustal layer. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Mantle. 17. Wegner put forth the: A) Ice Age:Continental Drift. B) Theory of plate tectonics. C) Theory of continental drift. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Theory of continental drift. 18. Which layer is the last layer; mixture of loose rock and clay; no humus ..... A) Rock layer. B) Subsoil layer. C) Topsoil layer. D) Organic layer. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Rock layer. 19. Which layer(s) of the Earth make up the asthenosphere? A) Part of the mantle. B) Crust, mantle, Core. C) Crust and upper mantle. D) Only the crust. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Part of the mantle. 20. Which sphere of Earth contains rocks and stones, including all the mountains and land we can see? A) Atmosphere. B) Biosphere. C) Lithosphere. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Lithosphere. 21. The Bahamas and Hawaii is an example of this type of landform. A) Island. B) Archipelago. C) Continent. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Continent. 22. Which metamorphic roc has layers? A) Folitated. B) Nonfoliated. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Nonfoliated. 23. Which best describes a convergent zone? A) Plates move together. B) Plates move apart. C) Plates slide past each other. D) Activity occurs away from a boundary. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Plates move together. 24. The asthenosphere is the liquid part of the mantle. A) True. B) False. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) True. 25. How have scientists been able to study Earth's mantle? A) In some places, Earth's crust thins enough to see mantle. B) Earth's surface heat warms the crust turning it into mantle. C) Cooling crust material becomes mantle over time. 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