This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Class 11 > 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 (25 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. The lithosphere combines what two layers? A) Athenosphere & Crust. B) Crust & Upper Mantle. C) Mantel & Asthenosphere. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Crust & Upper Mantle. 2. Which is not a characteristic of a mineral? A) Inorganic. B) Liquid. C) Naturally occurring. D) Crystalline structure. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Liquid. 3. The thin and solid outermost layer of the Earth A) Mantle. B) Crust. C) Core. D) Trench. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Crust. 4. What is the primary composition of Earth's crust? A) Iron and Nickel. B) Silicon and Oxygen. C) Magnesium and Iron. D) Carbon and Hydrogen. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Silicon and Oxygen. 5. Which layer of Earth do people and animals interact with? A) Crust. B) Mantle. C) Outer core. D) Inner core. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Crust. 6. A particle block of solid volcanic ejecta is a(n)? A) Aa. B) Pillow. C) Pyroclast. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Pyroclast. 7. Which of Earth's layers has the lowest density? A) Crust. B) Inner core. C) Outer core. D) Mantle. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Crust. 8. What is the process called where one tectonic plate is pulled under another? A) Slab Pull. B) Ridge Push. C) Mantle Drag. D) Core Rotation. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Slab Pull. 9. What is one way geologists determine where a plate boundary is located in real life? A) By looking at a cross section of the Earth. B) By looking for a gap between plates. C) By looking at the distribution of earthquakes. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) By looking at the distribution of earthquakes. 10. Scientists think that the continents once formed a giant landmass that broke apart, and then slowly drifted apart. What is the name given to this hypothesis? A) Sea-floor Spreading. B) Plate tectonics. C) Continental drift. D) Pangaea. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Continental drift. 11. The lithosphere includes the A) Crust only. B) Mantle only. C) Crust and part of the mantle. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Crust and part of the mantle. 12. Mountains are formed when A) One plate subducts under another one. B) When plates slide past one another and get stuck. C) When two plates push towards one another and the land bulges up. D) When there is a weak spot in the Earth's crust, and magma shoots out as lava. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) When two plates push towards one another and the land bulges up. 13. ..... rocks grow slowly and quietly under the surface, ..... rocks result from quickly cooling lava A) Extrusive, intrusive. B) Intrusive, extrusive. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Intrusive, extrusive. 14. Which part of Earth's history i best shown by analysis of ice cores? A) Changes in climate. B) Changes in plant growth. C) Changes in the amounts of precipitation. D) Changes in the formation of rock layers. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Changes in climate. 15. Which layer of Earth has the GREATEST density? A) Crust. B) Mantle. C) Outer core. D) Inner core. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Inner core. 16. What causes a rock to break down into sediment? A) Weathering and erosion. B) Heat and pressure. C) Compaction and cementation. D) Air pressure. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Weathering and erosion. 17. At what depth do magma convection currents occur? A) Crust. B) Core. C) Mantle. D) Lithosphere. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Mantle. 18. Fault-Block mountains are only formed where two plates converge into folds. A) True. B) False. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) False. 19. How many continents are there? A) 3. B) 5. C) 7. D) 9. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) 7. 20. What is the time difference between two meridians 15$^\circ$ apart? A) 30 minutes. B) 1 hour. C) 2 hours. D) 4 hours. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) 1 hour. 21. What is the force inside the mantle that causes the Earth's Plates to move? A) Subduction. B) Radiation. C) Conduction. D) Convection. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Convection. 22. The layer of the earth's atmosphere that has ozone as a path for airplanes and protection from UV rays is ..... A) Exosphere layer. B) Thermosphere layer. C) Troposphere layer. D) Stratosphere layer. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Stratosphere layer. 23. What is the term for the idea that all land was once one large continent? A) Plate Tectonics. B) Continental Drift. C) Seafloor Spreading. D) Volcanism. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Continental Drift. 24. How do scientists study the Earth's interior? A) Drilling into the Earth's core. B) Using satellites to take pictures of the Earth's interior. C) Seismic waves and geophysical methods. D) Measuring the temperature of the Earth's surface. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Seismic waves and geophysical methods. 25. On which tectonic plate does the UK lie? A) Eurasian. B) Nazca. C) North American. D) Mediterranean. 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