Class 11 Geography Chapter 2 The Earth'S Structure Quiz 38 (25 MCQs)

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1. What geological feature is formed at a convergent boundary between two oceanic plates?
2. The two types of igneous rock are:extrusive and intrusive
3. What are Sedimentary rocks?
4. What about seismic waves reveal the structure of Earth?
5. What is the rigid layer that includes the crust and uppermost mantle?
6. Choose the layer in the Earth's interior that has a diameter of about 7000 kms
7. What are earth's three main layers?
8. What is the study of Earth's magnetic field vital for?
9. Which layer is the plastic part of the mantle that allows theplates (lithosphere) to move around on it?
10. What describes the outer core?
11. Which is the most likely reason scientists would want to analyze the air trapped in an ice core?
12. What drives the movement of tectonic plates?
13. Which layer of the Earth is responsible for the movement of the Earth's crust and the formation of mountains, earthquakes, and volcanoes?
14. It travels in solid, liquid and gas
15. The site at which an oceanic plate is sliding under a continental plate
16. Which type of plate boundary is responsible for the creation of new oceanic crust?
17. What observation can we make about Earth's lithosphere AND asthenosphere?
18. Melted rock below the earth's surface is called .....
19. Which of these is not a geological event due to the movement of tectonic plates?
20. A plate boundary where two plates collide, come together, or crash into each other
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
22. The asthenosphere makes up the?
23. What is a naturally occurring solid aggregate of minerals?
24. On which layer of the Earth do the tectonic plates move?
25. Which is the correct order of Earth's layers starting from the surface?