This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Class 11 > Class 11 Geography Chapter 2 The Earth'S Structure – Quiz 20 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Class 11 Geography Chapter 2 The Earth'S Structure Quiz 20 (25 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. What is the definition of Crust? A) Earth's thin outermost layer is solid rock. B) This thick layer is between the crust and the other core. C) Formed mostly of molten metal, this is Earth's only liquid layer. D) Pressure keeps this super hot metallic region in a solid state. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Earth's thin outermost layer is solid rock. 2. Over millions of years, folds can ..... A) Form mountains and valleys. B) Cause volcanic eruptions. C) Become sinkholes. D) Create new continents. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Form mountains and valleys. 3. The formation of stalactites and stalagmites in a cave as water mixed with carbon dioxide creates carbonic acid, which dissolves away the limestone, is an example of: A) Mechanical weathering. B) Chemical weathering. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Chemical weathering. 4. Melted rock located beneath Earth's surface A) Lava. B) Crust. C) Magma. D) Mantle. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Magma. 5. What is the Earth's mantle made of? A) Molten rock. B) Nickel and iron. C) Water. D) Solid rock. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Molten rock. 6. What was the name given to all the continents when they were joined as one super continent? A) Supreme Continent. B) Eurasia. C) Plate tectonics. D) Pangea. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Pangea. 7. Which of the following is a major difference between Earth's inner core and outer core? A) The inner core is liquid, and the outer core is solid. B) The inner core is solid, and the outer core is liquid. C) The inner core is gas, and the outer core is solid. D) The inner core is solid, and the outer core is gas. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) The inner core is solid, and the outer core is liquid. 8. The solid, outer layer of the Earth that consists of the crust and the rigid upper part of the mantle A) Lithosphere. B) Mesosphere. C) Mantle. D) Crust. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Lithosphere. 9. Fill in the blank:The inner core is ..... A) Solid. B) Molten. C) Gaseous. D) Liquid. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Solid. 10. Which layer is the solid layer of Earth between the crust and the core? A) Crust. B) Mantle. C) Outer Core. D) Inner Core. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Mantle. 11. Sima is formed of: A) Sodium and Magnesium. B) Silicon and Manganese. C) Silicon and Sodium. D) Silicon and Magnesium. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Silicon and Magnesium. 12. Rocks break apart as a result of ice freezing in the cracks of rocks which then expands and breaks the rocks apart is an example of A) Erosion. B) Weathering. C) Deposition. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Weathering. 13. A rock that forms from many small fragments of other rocks is a(n) A) Igneous rock. B) Metamorphic rock. C) Sedimentary rock. D) Extrusive rock. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Sedimentary rock. 14. Which layer is the easiest to drill through? A) Core. B) Crust. C) Mantle. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Crust. 15. Earth's magnetic field results from movements in the A) Mantle. B) Outer core. C) Inner core. D) Crust. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Outer core. 16. The Asthenosphere is the ..... part of the mantle. A) Solid. B) Liquid. C) Gaseous. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Liquid. 17. Which best describes a transform zone? A) Plates move together. B) Plates move apart. C) Plates slide past each other. D) Activity occurs away from a boundary. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Plates slide past each other. 18. What is a transform plate boundary? A) Two plates sliding past one another. B) Two plates moving away from each other. C) Two plates colliding into each other. D) A single plate breaking apart. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Two plates sliding past one another. 19. The lithosphere and asthenosphere: A) Upper Mantle. B) Lower Mantle. C) Outer Core. D) Inner Core. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Upper Mantle. 20. Sedimentary rocks form from A) Extreme heat and pressure deep inside the Earth. B) The cooling of melted rock or magma and lava. C) Pieces of sediment stuck together. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Pieces of sediment stuck together. 21. Earth's inner core is A) A layer of hot rock. B) A solid ball of iron and nickel. C) A layer of liquid iron and nickel. D) A layer of rock that forms Earth's outer skin. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) A solid ball of iron and nickel. 22. The earth is hotter in the center than near the crust. A) True. B) False. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) True. 23. A sudden shaking of the ground caused by the movement of rock underground A) Volcano. B) Ridge. C) Rift. D) Earthquake. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Earthquake. 24. Region around the Pacific Ocean where most of the volcanoes and earthquakes on Earth occur regularly A) Mountains. B) Pacific Ring of Fire. C) Mariana Trench. D) Asthenosphere. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Pacific Ring of Fire. 25. What is an island? A) A piece of land completely surrounded by water. B) A piece of land sticking out into the water. C) All the above. D) None of the above. 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