This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Class 11 > Class 11 Geography Chapter 2 The Earth'S Structure – Quiz 17 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Class 11 Geography Chapter 2 The Earth'S Structure Quiz 17 (25 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. Beneath the crust is the ..... , a thick layer of hot but solid rock. A) Core. B) Mantle. C) Lithosphere. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Mantle. 2. Divergent tectonic plates is where A) Tectonic plates collide together. B) Tectonic plates move apart from each other. C) Tectonic plates bump and rub against each other. D) Tectonic plates collide together and pull apart from each other. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Tectonic plates move apart from each other. 3. This layer of Earth is solid Iron and Nickel A) Outer Core. B) Inner Core. C) Mantle. D) Crust. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Inner Core. 4. The upper part of continental crust is made of: A) Siam. B) Sima. C) Sial. D) Alsi. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Sial. 5. What two systems are interacting in the following statement: "A fish swims in the lake" ? A) Hydrosphere and geosphere. B) Biosphere and cryosphere. C) Biosphere and hydrosphere. D) Atmosphere and cryosphere. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Biosphere and hydrosphere. 6. The ..... under the crust cause the plates to move. A) Crust. B) Molten rocks. C) Plates. D) Ocean. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Molten rocks. 7. Much of the crust is made up of silicates, rocks made of compounds of silicon and oxygen. A) True. B) False. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) True. 8. The part of the Earth that is a solid ball of iron and nickel A) Inner core. B) Outer core. C) Mantle. D) Crust. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Inner core. 9. Two plates COLIDING together. A) Lithosphere. B) Transform Boundary. C) Convergent Boundary. D) Divergent Boundary. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Convergent Boundary. 10. What is the correct order of the layers of Earth, starting from Earth's center? A) Outer core, inner core, crust, mantle. B) Outer core, inner core, mantle, crust. C) Crust, mantle, outer core, inner core. D) Inner core, outer core, mantle, crust. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Inner core, outer core, mantle, crust. 11. The core is divided in two parts:outer core and inner core. A) True. B) False. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) True. 12. The portion of the Earth that we live on is called the A) Mantle. B) Core. C) Crust. D) Gravity. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Crust. 13. We think we know what the Earth is made up of because of what? A) Mudslides. B) Volcanoes. C) Earthquakes. D) Tornadoes. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Earthquakes. 14. Main type of seismic waves that can only travel through the surface of the Earth. A) Seismic waves. B) Surface waves. C) Body waves. D) Primary waves. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Surface waves. 15. When heat and pressure is applied to a rock it changes into a ..... rock. A) Igneous. B) Clastic. C) Sedimentary. D) Metamorphic. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Metamorphic. 16. The mantle of Earth is made of a plastic like material that when its heated, the material rises, cools, sinks and is then re-heated. This constant flow of a fluid is called A) A conduction current. B) A hot spot. C) A volcanic eruption. D) A convection current. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) A convection current. 17. Why is the inner core made from solid metal, while the outer core is made ofmolten metal? A) The temperature of the inner core is higher than the outer core. B) The temperature of the inner core is lower than the outer core. C) The pressure of the inner core is higher than the outer core. D) The pressure of the inner core is lower than the outer core. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) The pressure of the inner core is higher than the outer core. 18. Is everything a gift from nature? A) Not really. B) Yes obviously. C) Don't know. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Not really. 19. A deep depression of the sea floor caused by the subduction of one plate under another A) Pacific Ring of Fire. B) Trench. C) Mountains. D) Lithosphere. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Trench. 20. The Earth's seven largest landmasses are ..... A) States. B) Continents. C) Countries. D) Oceans. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Continents. 21. What layer is a semisolid and acts like a plastic? A) Lithosphere. B) Mantle. C) Asthenosphere. D) Crust. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Asthenosphere. 22. The motion of tectonic plates can cause both slow and rapid changes in Earth's surface. Which is an example of a rapid change? A) Earthquake. B) Seafloor spreading. C) Mountain range formation. D) Formation of an ocean trench. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Earthquake. 23. The arrangement of the Earth's structure from the inside to the surface in order is ..... A) Inner core, outer core, earth's crust, earth's mantle. B) Inner core, outer core, earth's mantle, earth's crust. C) Inner core, mantle, outer core, crust. D) Inner core, asthenosphere, outer core, crust. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Inner core, outer core, earth's mantle, earth's crust. 24. Which layer of the Earth is primarily composed of liquid iron and nickel? A) Crust. B) Mantle. C) Outer Core. D) Inner Core. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Outer Core. 25. What is magma made of? A) Solid rock. B) Melted rock. C) Small pieces of sediment. D) None of the above. 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