This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Class 11 > Class 11 Geography Chapter 2 The Earth'S Structure – Quiz 16 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Class 11 Geography Chapter 2 The Earth'S Structure Quiz 16 (25 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. What are the large pieces of the Earth's lithosphere that move over the asthenosphere? A) Lithospheric Plates. B) Tectonic Slabs. C) Continental Shelves. D) Oceanic Ridges. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Lithospheric Plates. 2. How many layers is the Earth made up of? A) 2. B) 3. C) 5. D) 7. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) 3. 3. Forms where two tectonic plates collide, or push into, each other A) Convergent plate boundary. B) Divergent plate boundary. C) Transform plate boundary. D) Subduction zone. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Convergent plate boundary. 4. Which are NOT a property used to characterize minerals? A) Fracture. B) Hardness. C) Taste. D) Specific gravity. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Taste. 5. Earth's only liquid layer: A) Upper Mantle. B) Lower Mantle. C) Outer Core. D) Inner Core. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Outer Core. 6. What is a Crater? A) Top of the Volcano. B) Middle of the Volcano. C) Base of the Volcano. D) Path through which Magma comes. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Top of the Volcano. 7. A convergent boundary is A) Where two tectonic plates collide together. B) Where two tectonic plates spread apart from each other. C) Where two tectonic plates bump each other and rub against each other. D) Where tectonic plates pull apart and collide together. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Where two tectonic plates collide together. 8. Which type of plate boundary is characterized by plates sliding past each other, often causing earthquakes? A) Convergent Boundary. B) Divergent Boundary. C) Transform Boundary. D) Subduction Zone. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Transform Boundary. 9. Where two tectonic plates meet A) Plate boundary. B) Inner Core. C) Mountain. D) At their favorite restaurant. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Plate boundary. 10. What is the outermost and thinnest layer of the Earth? A) Crust. B) Outer core. C) Inner core. D) Mantle. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Crust. 11. What must happen to a metamorphic rock before it becomes a sedimentary rock rock? A) It must be broken down into sediment. B) It must be melted into magma. C) Its minerals must dissolve in water. D) It must be exposed to high temperature and pressure. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) It must be broken down into sediment. 12. What is the definition of lithosphere? A) The solid upper mantle and crust combine to form a rigid shell. B) The innermost of Earth's layers combine to form this, which extends to the center of the Earth. C) Earth's thickest layer, makes up more than two-thirds of Earth's mass. D) The theory that a hard boiled egg can represent the Earth's structure. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) The solid upper mantle and crust combine to form a rigid shell. 13. Which type of climate will have faster chemical weathering? A) Hot and Wet. B) Cold and Dry. C) Hot and Cold. D) Cold and Wet. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Hot and Wet. 14. Which layer of the Earth is involved in plate tectonics and is responsible for the movement of continents? A) Crust. B) Mantle. C) Outer Core. D) Inner Core. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Crust. 15. When an oceanic plate and a continental plate meet, which will subduct under the other? A) Oceanic under continental. B) Continental under oceanic. C) Depends on how hot and heavy they are. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Oceanic under continental. 16. What is an opening in the earth's surface through which hot gases, ash, and molten rock are ejected from the earth's interior? A) Volcano. B) Core-mantle boundary. C) Geographic information system. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Volcano. 17. The temperature varies between ..... to ..... in the mantle. A) 2000 to 8400. B) 1000 to 3700. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) 1000 to 3700. 18. What is the name of the Super-Continent that existed long ago? A) Wegener. B) Pangaea. C) Geocontinent. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Pangaea. 19. The height of the mesosphere layer is ..... A) 50 to 85 km. B) 40 to 75 km. C) 30 to 65 km. D) 20 to 55 km. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) 50 to 85 km. 20. Both plains and plateaus have high elevation. A) True. B) False. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) False. 21. Earthquakes caused by the shifting of the earth's plates are called ..... earthquakes. A) Tectonics. B) Volcanic. C) Ruins. D) Collapses. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Tectonics. 22. What is the plastic, flowing layer within the mantle? A) Geosphere. B) Asthenosphere. C) Lithosphere. D) Magnetosphere. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Asthenosphere. 23. Continental crust is approximately ..... kilometers thick. A) 300 to 500. B) 8 to 10. C) 30 to 70. D) 160 to 200. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) 30 to 70. 24. True or False? Soil is a mixture of organic (living or once living) and inorganic (never living) material. A) True. B) False. C) I am not sure. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) True. 25. Discuss how heat flow and movement of material within Earth can lead to volcanic eruptions. A) Heat flow causes the crust to cool and contract. B) Movement of material creates pressure that forces magma to the surface. C) Heat flow solidifies magma, preventing eruptions. D) Movement of material causes the crust to thicken. 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