This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Class 11 > Class 11 Geography Chapter 2 The Earth'S Structure – Quiz 38 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Class 11 Geography Chapter 2 The Earth'S Structure Quiz 38 (25 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. What geological feature is formed at a convergent boundary between two oceanic plates? A) Mid-ocean ridge. B) Volcanic island arc. C) Transform fault. D) Rift valley. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Volcanic island arc. 2. The two types of igneous rock are:extrusive and intrusive A) True. B) False. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) True. 3. What are Sedimentary rocks? A) Rocks formed from volcanic activity. B) Rocks that are formed from the cooling of magma. C) Sediments are compacted into layers and are compressed and cemented together into rocks. D) Rocks that are formed from the metamorphosis of existing rocks. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Sediments are compacted into layers and are compressed and cemented together into rocks. 4. What about seismic waves reveal the structure of Earth? A) Speed and path. B) Size and weight. C) Speed and size. D) Size and path. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Speed and path. 5. What is the rigid layer that includes the crust and uppermost mantle? A) Geosphere. B) Core. C) Asthenosphere. D) Lithosphere. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Lithosphere. 6. Choose the layer in the Earth's interior that has a diameter of about 7000 kms A) Mantle. B) Crust. C) Inner core. D) Core. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Core. 7. What are earth's three main layers? A) Core, mantle, and surface. B) Core, mantle, and crust. C) Inner core, outer core, mantle. D) Upper mantle, lower mantle, crust. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Core, mantle, and crust. 8. What is the study of Earth's magnetic field vital for? A) Astronomy. B) Navigation. C) Mining. D) Farming. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Navigation. 9. Which layer is the plastic part of the mantle that allows theplates (lithosphere) to move around on it? A) Asthenosphere. B) Lithosphere. C) Uppermost mantle. D) Convection. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Asthenosphere. 10. What describes the outer core? A) Solid. B) Viscous. C) Liquid. D) Gas. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Liquid. 11. Which is the most likely reason scientists would want to analyze the air trapped in an ice core? A) To study how much oxygen was in the ice. B) To learn how the atmosphere changed over time. C) To determine how many gas bubbles were present in the air. D) To study how many animals lived on Earth when the ice was formed. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) To learn how the atmosphere changed over time. 12. What drives the movement of tectonic plates? A) Gravity. B) Enormous magma convection currents. C) Wind. D) Ocean currents. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Enormous magma convection currents. 13. Which layer of the Earth is responsible for the movement of the Earth's crust and the formation of mountains, earthquakes, and volcanoes? A) Crust. B) Core. C) Atmosphere. D) Mantle. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Mantle. 14. It travels in solid, liquid and gas A) P wave. B) S wave. C) Love wave. D) Rayleigh wave. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) P wave. 15. The site at which an oceanic plate is sliding under a continental plate A) Trench. B) Subduction Zone. C) Tectonic Movement. D) Continental Drift. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Subduction Zone. 16. Which type of plate boundary is responsible for the creation of new oceanic crust? A) Convergent. B) Divergent. C) Transform. D) Subduction. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Divergent. 17. What observation can we make about Earth's lithosphere AND asthenosphere? A) The asthenosphere floats on top of the lithosphere. B) The crust and the core make up the lithosphere. C) The crust and mantle make up the asthenosphere. D) The lithosphere floats on top of the asthenosphere. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) The lithosphere floats on top of the asthenosphere. 18. Melted rock below the earth's surface is called ..... A) Magma. B) Lava. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Magma. 19. Which of these is not a geological event due to the movement of tectonic plates? A) Deltas forming. B) Volcanoes. C) Earthquakes. D) Mountain forming. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Deltas forming. 20. A plate boundary where two plates collide, come together, or crash into each other A) Convergent Boundary. B) Transform Boundary. C) Earthquakes. D) Divergent Boundary. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Convergent Boundary. 21. ..... is the tendency of a mineral to break into flat sheets and ..... is the tendency of a mineral to break into jagged and rough piece A) Fracture, cleavage. B) Cleavage, fracture. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Cleavage, fracture. 22. The asthenosphere makes up the? A) Upper portion of the mantel. B) The lower portion of the crust. C) Just the Athenosphere. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Upper portion of the mantel. 23. What is a naturally occurring solid aggregate of minerals? A) Rock. B) Soil. C) Clay. D) Sandstone. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Rock. 24. On which layer of the Earth do the tectonic plates move? A) Mantle. B) Atmosphere. C) Core. D) Lithosphere. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Mantle. 25. Which is the correct order of Earth's layers starting from the surface? A) Crust, mantle, inner core, outer core. B) Mantle, outer core, inner core, crust. C) Crust, mantle, outer core, inner core. D) Outer core, inner core, crust, mantle. 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