This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Class 11 > Class 11 Geography Chapter 2 The Earth'S Structure – Quiz 33 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Class 11 Geography Chapter 2 The Earth'S Structure Quiz 33 (25 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. What type of heat transfer is found in Earth's mantle? A) Conduction. B) Convection. C) Radiation. D) I don't know. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Convection. 2. Which is thicker, oceanic crust or continental crust? A) Oceanic. B) Continental. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Continental. 3. Mountains are created when ..... A) Two continental plates collide. B) Two oceanic plates pull apart. C) An Oceanic plate subducts under a Continental Plate. D) Two continental plates pull apart. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Two continental plates collide. 4. What type of boundary creates a new seafloor? A) Convergent continental to continental. B) Convergent ocean to continental. C) Convergent ocean to ocean. D) Divergent. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Divergent. 5. Which of Earth's systems makes up all the living organisms found on Earth? A) Geosphere. B) Atmosphere. C) Biosphere. D) Hydrosphere. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Biosphere. 6. Which of the following statements is an opinion about the mantle? A) It makes up the bulk of the earth's mass. B) Heat moves around in it. C) It contains iron, silicon, magnesium, and oxygen. D) It is the most important layer of the earth. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) It is the most important layer of the earth. 7. What is the name of the outer layer of the Earth? A) Crust. B) Core. C) Mantle. D) Tectonic Plate. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Crust. 8. What generates Earth's magnetic field, which protects the planet from harmful solar radiation? A) Solid rocks and minerals in the crust. B) Semi-solid rock in the mantle. C) Solid sphere in the inner core. D) Molten metal in the outer core. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Molten metal in the outer core. 9. What type of crust is found under the oceans? A) Continental Crust. B) Oceanic Crust. C) Sedimentary Crust. D) Igneous Crust. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Oceanic Crust. 10. What process is used to form metamorphic rocks? A) Lava cools and hardens to form a rock. B) Bits of sand and gravel form layers that turn into rock from pressure. C) Extreme heat and pressure from inside the Earth turn rocks into new rocks. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Extreme heat and pressure from inside the Earth turn rocks into new rocks. 11. The solid iron part of the core A) Inner core. B) Outer core. C) Mantle. D) Crust. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Inner core. 12. What is the thinnest layer? A) Crust. B) Mantle. C) Outer Core. D) Inner Core. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Crust. 13. What is the main method of heat transfer from the core to the crust of Earth? A) Conduction. B) Convection. C) Insulation. D) Radiation. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Convection. 14. Which is used in radioactive dating? A) Carbon-14. B) Index fossils. C) Hydrochloric acid. D) Law of superposition. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Carbon-14. 15. What is the layer of Earth that is made of liquid nickel and iron and surrounds the inner core? A) Mantle. B) Crust. C) Inner Core. D) Outer Core. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Outer Core. 16. True or False-the inner core is made from molten iron and nickel A) True. B) False. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) False. 17. Which layer of the earth is the least dense layer? A) Crust. B) Mantle. C) Outer core. D) Inner core. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Crust. 18. A rigid layer made up of the crust and the upper part of the mantle A) Asthenosphere. B) Lithosphere. C) Trench. D) Tectonic Plates. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Lithosphere. 19. The sun is a star? A) True. B) False. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) True. 20. Earth's only liquid layer is the A) Upper Mantle. B) Lower Mantle. C) Outer Core. D) Inner Core. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Outer Core. 21. What layer of the earth primarily produces heat from radioactive decay? A) Crust. B) Mantle. C) Outer core. D) Inner core. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Inner core. 22. This are the waves of energy caused by the sudden breaking of rock within the earth. A) Ocean Waves. B) Seismic Waves. C) Tsunami. D) Electromagnetic Waves. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Seismic Waves. 23. A tsunami is caused by A) Tectonic plates moving underwater. B) Inactive volcanoes building up pressure. C) Tectonic plates sinking. D) The crust melting into the mantle. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Tectonic plates moving underwater. 24. True or False? Earthquakes and volcanoes only happen on continents; they cannot happen underwater. A) True. B) False. C) I am not sure. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) False. 25. A place where plates move toward each other in a collision. A) Convergent boundaries. B) Divergent boundaries. C) Transform boundaries. D) None of the above. 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