This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Class 11 > Class 11 Geography Chapter 2 The Earth'S Structure – Quiz 15 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Class 11 Geography Chapter 2 The Earth'S Structure Quiz 15 (25 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. List the three compositional layers of Earth. A) Crust, mantle, core. B) Lithosphere, asthenosphere, mesosphere. C) Inner core, outer core, middle core. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Crust, mantle, core. 2. Which one is hotter? A) The crust. B) Mantle. C) Inner core. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Inner core. 3. What type of eclipse occurs when the Earth comes between the moon and the sun? A) Annular eclipse. B) Lunar eclipse. C) Total eclipse. D) Solar eclipse. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Lunar eclipse. 4. The thickest layer of the Earth is A) The crust. B) The mantle. C) The core. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) The mantle. 5. The theory of continental drift named a key part of this idea Pangaea. What is Pangaea? A) One of the ancient animals that helped Wegener prove that fossils from different continents originally came from the same location. B) Supercontinent that existed in Earth's distant past. C) The underwater ocean range in the middle of the ocean. D) The hot spot which gave rise to the Hawaiian Islands, among others. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Supercontinent that existed in Earth's distant past. 6. Tectonic plates move at the rate of ..... A) 1 mile per hour. B) 2-5 centimeters a year/1-2 inches a year. C) 2 miles a year. D) Tectonic plates do not move. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) 2-5 centimeters a year/1-2 inches a year. 7. Where is the Earth's crust the thickest? A) Mountains. B) Ocean. C) Equator. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Mountains. 8. Student A claims that sedimentary rocks form by heat and pressure deepunderground. Student B claims that sedimentary rocks form by the compactionand cementation of sediments produced from weathering.Which is correct? A) Student A. B) Student B. C) Both students are correct. D) Neither student is correct. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Student B. 9. Why was Wegener not believed, even by other scientists? A) No one had ever heard of Pangea. B) He had no explanation of what had caused it to happened. C) The continents didn't really look they fit together. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) He had no explanation of what had caused it to happened. 10. Which layer does the lithosphere (the outer most layer plus the crust) float on top of? A) The crust. B) Lithosphere. C) Asthenosphere. D) Outer core. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Asthenosphere. 11. Which sphere of the Earth contains all of Earth's water. A) Lithosphere. B) Hydrosphere. C) Biosphere. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Hydrosphere. 12. Layer that "flows, " but is still solid: A) Oceanic Crust. B) Continental Crust. C) Lithosphere. D) Asthenosphere. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Asthenosphere. 13. What causes tectonic plates to move? A) Earth's rotation. B) Wind. C) Gravity. D) Magma convection currents. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Magma convection currents. 14. Any rock that forms from another rock as a result of changes in heat or pressure (or both) is a: A) Chemical rock. B) Igneous rock. C) Sedimentary rock. D) Metamorphic rock. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Metamorphic rock. 15. ..... are created by very hot material deep in the mantle rising, then cooling and sinking, then heating again and rising, then repeating the cycle. A) Magma flows. B) Magma currents. C) Conduction. D) Convection currents. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Convection currents. 16. Tectonic plates move due to A) The moon. B) Tsunamis. C) Heated currents deep within Earth. D) The formation of mountains over time. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Heated currents deep within Earth. 17. At what point deep in the earth does an earthquake begin? A) Epicenter. B) Exocenter. C) Hypocenter. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Hypocenter. 18. The lithosphere, asthenosphere, mesosphere, inner and outer core are called A) Mechanical/physical layers. B) Compositional/chemical layers. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Mechanical/physical layers. 19. September, October, ..... , December A) November. B) August. C) April. D) February. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) November. 20. Volcano that is inactive but can erupt again A) Dormant volcano. B) Extinct volcano. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Dormant volcano. 21. The hottest part of the Earth is A) Inner Core. B) Crust. C) Outer Core. D) Mantle. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Inner Core. 22. This layer of the Earth consists of solid metal. A) Crust. B) Mantle. C) Outer core. D) Inner core. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Inner core. 23. The amount of mass per unit volume is described by: ..... A) Force. B) Gravity. C) Density. D) Meter. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Density. 24. The type of plate boundary where two plates come together is a ..... A) Convergent Boundary. B) Divergent Boundary. C) Transform Boundary. D) Plate Boundary. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Convergent Boundary. 25. Natural Environment have which components? A) The components are man-made. B) The components are organic. C) The components are from plants only. D) The components are natural. E) The components are the decay of animals. 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