This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Class 11 > Class 11 Geography Chapter 2 The Earth'S Structure – Quiz 39 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Class 11 Geography Chapter 2 The Earth'S Structure Quiz 39 (25 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. Wegener was convinced that all of Earth's continents were once part of an enormous, single landmass called Pangaea. A) True. B) False. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) True. 2. What is the Earth's core primarily made of? A) Gold and silver. B) Iron and nickel. C) Aluminum and titanium. D) Copper and zinc. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Iron and nickel. 3. ..... is a large ocean wave caused by an earthquake or volcanic eruption underwater. A) Tsunami. B) Volcano. C) Earthquakes. D) Divergent movement. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Tsunami. 4. Which describes Earth's astenosphere? A) Brittle. B) Fast-moving. C) Freeze-dried. D) Plastic. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Plastic. 5. At which plate margin would you expect to see subduction (Where one plate gets pushed below another)? A) Constructuve margin. B) Conservative margin. C) Collision margin. D) Destructive margin. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Destructive margin. 6. Mountain formation can result when which of the following occurs? A) Two oceanic plates collide together. B) Two oceanic plates spread apart. C) Two continental plates collide together. D) Two continental plates spread apart. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Two continental plates collide together. 7. Which is the largest layer of the earth? A) Crust. B) Mantle. C) Inner core. D) Outer core. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Mantle. 8. Which of these layers is the largest? A) Lithosphere. B) Asthenosphere. C) Outer core. D) Mantle. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Mantle. 9. Hot fluid or semi-fluid material below or within the earth's crust from which lava and other igneous rock is formed on cooling. A) Convection Current. B) Lithosphere. C) Core. D) Magma. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Magma. 10. Approximately 225 million years ago, the Earth's continents were grouped into one landmass called: A) Atlantis. B) Thermopylae. C) Pangaea. D) Concordia. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Pangaea. 11. What type of plate boundary has 2 tectoinc plate sliding passed each other and getting stuck? When they snap free they produce large earthquakes. A) Constructive boundary. B) Conservative boundary. C) Collision boundary. D) Destructive boundary. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Conservative boundary. 12. What is Earth's thinnest layer? A) Crust. B) Inner core. C) Outer core. D) Mantle. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Crust. 13. Which type of rock is limestone? A) Sedimentary. B) Metamorphic. C) Igneous. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Sedimentary. 14. Which main layer is more dense than the crust but less dense than the outer core? A) Mantle. B) Inner core. C) Outer core. D) Crust. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Mantle. 15. Mohorovic Discontinuity is situated in or near the Asthenosphere. A) True. B) False. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) True. 16. When a sedimentary rock changes shape under heat and pressure, but does notmelt completely, it becomes which of the following types of rock? A) Sedimentary. B) Metamorphic. C) Igneous. D) Volcanic. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Metamorphic. 17. It travels only in SOLID A) P wave. B) S wave. C) Love wave. D) Rayleigh wave. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) S wave. 18. The point within the earth where rock is under stress is called ..... A) Focus. B) Epicenter. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Focus. 19. The more dense an object ..... A) The stronger gravitational force. B) The less affect it has on the magnetic field. C) The more round the object. D) The weaker the gravitational force. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) The stronger gravitational force. 20. What is the Ring of Fire? A) A type of jewelry worn on the finger. B) A popular song by Johnny Cash. C) A major area in the basin of the Pacific Ocean where a large number of earthquakes and volcanic eruptions occur. D) A fictional place in a fantasy novel. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) A major area in the basin of the Pacific Ocean where a large number of earthquakes and volcanic eruptions occur. 21. What is the crust made of? A) Hydrogen and helium. B) Silicon and oxygen (silicates). C) Calcium and hydrogen. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Silicon and oxygen (silicates). 22. The Earth is made up of two types of crust. Which is more dense? A) Oceanic crust-basalt. B) Oceanic crust-granite. C) Continental crust-granite. D) Continental crust-basalt. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Oceanic crust-basalt. 23. Explain how physical evidence supports the theory that Earth has evolved over geologic time. A) Fossil records show no change over time. B) Rock layers show a consistent pattern of deposition. C) Fossil records and rock layers show changes in species and environments. D) Erosion rates have remained constant. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Fossil records and rock layers show changes in species and environments. 24. Which lists the layers of the earth in the correct order? (from the outside) A) Core, Mantle, Asthenosphere. B) Asthenosphere, Mantle, Core. C) Mantle, Asthenosphere, Core. D) Mantle Asthenosphere, Core. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Asthenosphere, Mantle, Core. 25. Rocks and sediment change as they move through the rock cycle. Which change involves turning into melting? A) Lava to rock. B) Magma to lava. C) Rock to magma. D) Rock to sediment. 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