This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Class 11 > Class 11 Geography Chapter 2 The Earth'S Structure – Quiz 23 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Class 11 Geography Chapter 2 The Earth'S Structure Quiz 23 (25 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. The scientist who came up with Tectonic Plate Theory was? A) Merriweather Lewis. B) Thomas Edison. C) Alfred Wegner. D) Albert Einstein. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Alfred Wegner. 2. What is NOT likely to happen at a divergent boundary? A) Mountain formation. B) Seafloor spreading. C) Rift valley. D) Volcano formation. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Mountain formation. 3. Which best describes how the sun affects the weather? A) The sun causes warm water at the ocean's surface to sink to the bottom ofthe ocean. B) The sun causes cold water at the ocean's surface to sink to the bottom of theocean. C) The sun causes warm ocean water near the equator to be sent toward thepoles by ocean currents. D) The sun causes warm water from the poles to be sent toward the equator. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) The sun causes warm ocean water near the equator to be sent toward thepoles by ocean currents. 4. What is Earth's only liquid layer? A) Crust. B) Mantle. C) Outer Core. D) Inner Core. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Outer Core. 5. What is the primary method scientists use to study the Earth's interior? A) Drilling deep holes. B) Studying seismic waves. C) Using satellite imagery. D) Observing volcanic eruptions. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Studying seismic waves. 6. Which most likely causes seafloor spreading? A) Earthquakes. B) Divergent boundaries. C) Convergent boundaries. D) Transform fault boundaries. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Divergent boundaries. 7. What word describes topographic features formed by processes that shape Earth's surface? A) Relief. B) Elevation. C) Landform. D) Topography. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Landform. 8. Which layer contains semi-molten rock? A) Crust. B) Mantle. C) Core. D) Tectonic Plate. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Mantle. 9. The Asthenosphere is the ..... A) Upper part of the crust. B) Upper part of the mantle. C) Upper part of the inner core. D) Upper part of the outer core. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Upper part of the mantle. 10. Earth's outermost layer (underneath the soil, vegetation, and water) is made of ..... A) Ocean. B) Continents. C) Hard, solid rock. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Hard, solid rock. 11. The crust and the uppermost mantle make up the solid layer of hard rock called the A) Mesosphere. B) Lithosphere. C) Asthenosphere. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Lithosphere. 12. Which layer is made of molten rock? A) Mantle. B) Inner core. C) Outer core. D) Crust. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Mantle. 13. The mostly solid, rocky part of the Earth A) Atmosphere. B) Geosphere. C) Hydrosphere. D) Biosphere. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Geosphere. 14. Which layer of Earth is the source of lava that erupts from volcanoes? A) Inner core. B) Outer core. C) Asthenosphere. D) Lithosphere. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Asthenosphere. 15. The theory of continental drift is most associated with which scientist? A) Charles Darwin. B) Albert Einstein. C) Alfred Wegener. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Alfred Wegener. 16. Volcanoes and mountains are created at ..... A) Divergent boundaries. B) Convergent boundaries. C) Transform boundaries. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Convergent boundaries. 17. What type of rock is formed when magma cools and hardens below the Earth's surface or after a volcano erupts ..... A) Igneous. B) Metamorphic. C) Fossils. D) Sedimentary. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Igneous. 18. The layer of the earth's atmosphere where rain occurs is ..... A) Exosphere layer. B) Thermosphere layer. C) Troposphere layer. D) Stratosphere layer. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Troposphere layer. 19. When rock particles settle at the bottom of the ocean, they can continue to be buried by other particles. The process of cementation of these particles forms A) Molten rock. B) Igneous rock. C) Sedimentary rock. D) Metamorphic rock. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Sedimentary rock. 20. Which of the following layers contains most of the Earth's mass? A) The core. B) The mantle. C) The oceanic crust. D) The continental crust. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) The mantle. 21. Which layer of Earth is made up of tectonic plates? A) Outer core. B) Inner core. C) Asthenosphere. D) Lithosphere. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Lithosphere. 22. Which is an example of sea-floor spreading? A) Mid-Atlantic Ridge. B) San Andreas Fault. C) Himalayan Mountains. D) Kilauea Volcano. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Mid-Atlantic Ridge. 23. By carefully analyzing pages and pages of written data (since there were no computers at the time), Inge Lehmanndetermined A) The Earth's inner core is actually liquid, surrounded by a solid outer core. B) The Earth's inner mantle is actually solid, surrounded by a liquid crust. C) The Earth's inner core is actually solid, surrounded by a liquid outer core. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) The Earth's inner core is actually solid, surrounded by a liquid outer core. 24. An artificial satellite orbits the Earth at a height of 500 km. What is the approximate value of the radius of the satellite's orbit? A) A 3000 km. B) B 7000 km. C) C 13 500 km. D) D 26 500 km. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) B 7000 km. 25. What is the definition of Core? 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. 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