This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Class 11 > Class 11 Geography Chapter 2 The Earth'S Structure – Quiz 2 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Class 11 Geography Chapter 2 The Earth'S Structure Quiz 2 (25 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. Uniformitarianism is the idea that the geologic processes that operate today also operate in the past. A) True. B) False. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) True. 2. At the surface of the earth is the A) Crust. B) Asthenosphere. C) Mesosphere. D) Mantle. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Crust. 3. Which is the outermost layer of the Earth? A) Outer core. B) Crust. C) Mantle. D) Inner core. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Crust. 4. Which of the following geologic events can occur at a transform boundary? A) Mountain formation. B) Rift formation. C) Volcanic eruption. D) Earthquake. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Earthquake. 5. What are Igneous rocks? A) Rocks formed from the cooling of magma or molten rock on Earth's surface. B) Rocks that are formed by the compression of sediments over time. C) Rocks that are formed from the alteration of existing rocks due to heat and pressure. D) Rocks that are formed from the accumulation of organic materials. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Rocks formed from the cooling of magma or molten rock on Earth's surface. 6. Most earthquakes happen at ..... A) Divergent boundaries. B) Convergent boundaries. C) Transform boundaries. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Transform boundaries. 7. What is deposition? A) The process by which material is deposited or laid down in a new place. B) The process of removing material from a surface. C) The process of transforming solid material into gas. D) The process of mixing different materials together. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) The process by which material is deposited or laid down in a new place. 8. If you traveled from the crust to the core, the pressure would ..... A) Increase. B) Decrease. C) Stay the same. D) Unsure. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Increase. 9. When molten material is cooled in the mantle it becomes A) More dense. B) Less dense. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) More dense. 10. When rocks are not longer brittle and become hot enough to flow A) Plastic. B) Rock. C) Convection. D) Density. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Plastic. 11. When plates move away from one another, this results in- A) A convergent plate boundary. B) A transform plate boundary. C) A divergent plate boundary. D) A subduction zone. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) A divergent plate boundary. 12. What is relative dating? A) Used to determine a fossils approximate age by comparing it to similar rocks and fossils of known ages. B) Used to determine the precise age of a fossil by using radioactive dating to measure. C) Order of layers from oldest to youngest. D) Used to determine the location of the rocks around the world. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Used to determine a fossils approximate age by comparing it to similar rocks and fossils of known ages. 13. What is magma called when it reaches the Earth's surface? A) Lava. B) Magma. C) Basalt. D) Pumice. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Lava. 14. It can travel through solids only A) Love waves. B) Rayleigh waves. C) Primary waves. D) Secondary waves. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Secondary waves. 15. Breaking apart of rocks ..... A) Weathering. B) Erosion. C) Soil. D) Sediment. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Weathering. 16. ..... are the slowest seismic waves. A) P waves. B) S waves. C) Love waves. D) Rayleigh waves. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Rayleigh waves. 17. Which layer of the Earth is located beneath the mantle and is made up of liquid iron and nickel? A) Inner core. B) Mantle. C) Outer core. D) Crust. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Outer core. 18. Which layer of the Earth is composed mostly of liquid iron and nickel? A) Inner Core. B) Outer Core. C) Mantle. D) Crust. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Outer Core. 19. The highest point in The Bahamas is a hill. What is the name of the hill? A) Mt. Alvernia. B) Mt. Everest. C) Alps Mountain. D) Rocky Mountains. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Mt. Alvernia. 20. Molten or liquid rock underground A) Deposit. B) Lava. C) Magma. D) Mineral. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Magma. 21. Is the lithosphere part of the crust or the mantle? A) Crust. B) Manle. C) Mantle. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Crust. 22. Using physical properties what are the 6 layers of Earth from the least dense to the most dense? A) Inner core, outer core, lower mantle, upper mantle, asthenosphere, lithosphere. B) Lithosphere, asthenosphere, upper mantle, lower mantle, outer core, inner core. C) Core, lower mantle, upper mantle, asthenosphere, uppermost mantle, crust. D) Crust, uppermost mantle, asthenosphere, upper mantle, lower mantle, core. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Lithosphere, asthenosphere, upper mantle, lower mantle, outer core, inner core. 23. The geological theory that states that pieces of Earth's lithosphere are in constant, slow motion is the theory of ..... A) Subduction. B) Plate tectonics. C) Deep-ocean trenches. D) Sea-floor spreading. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Plate tectonics. 24. What is the term for the idea that all land was once part of a single supercontinent? A) Mega erosion. B) Plate collision. C) Tectonic movement. D) Continental drift. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Continental drift. 25. Which best describes a divergent zone? A) Plates move together. B) Plates move apart. C) Plates slide past each other. D) Activity occurs away from a boundary. 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