This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Class 11 > Class 11 Geography Chapter 2 The Earth'S Structure – Quiz 4 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Class 11 Geography Chapter 2 The Earth'S Structure Quiz 4 (25 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. The hypothesis that states that the continents once formed a single landmass, broke up, and drifted to their present locations A) Continental Drift. B) Plate Tectonics. C) Lithosphere. D) Pacific Ring of Fire. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Continental Drift. 2. Sial is mainly made up of: A) Basalt. B) Granite. C) Mica. D) Metamorphic. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Granite. 3. Earth's inner core is a ..... due to extreme pressure. A) Gas. B) Liquid. C) Plasma. D) Solid. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Solid. 4. What kind of texture does Intrusive-Igneous rocks have? A) Fine-grained. B) Smooth. C) Coarse grained. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Coarse grained. 5. Plate Tectonics A) The layer of the earth that lies between the crust and the core. B) A theory that says the Earth's surface is made of hard slabs of rock (we call these plates) that move. C) A type of convergent plate boundary where the denser plate sinks below the other plate. D) A new type of music. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) A theory that says the Earth's surface is made of hard slabs of rock (we call these plates) that move. 6. Violent collisions of planetesimals during the formation of the planet generated a significant amount of earth's internal heat. A) True. B) False. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) True. 7. Which of the following is the most likely cause of earthquakes? A) Shifting rock layers. B) Crashing meteorites. C) Rotation of the core. D) Magnetic force. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Shifting rock layers. 8. What is the difference between the inner and outer core? A) The outer core is liquid, the inner core is solid. B) The inner core is liquid and the outer core is solid. C) The outer core is made of nickel and the inner core is made of iron. D) The outer core is hotter than the inner core. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) The outer core is liquid, the inner core is solid. 9. Why do volcanoes form at subduction zones and not other boundaries? A) Convergent boundaries produce infant volcanoes that are destroyed before they can release magma. B) At subduction zones the dense oceanic crust melts, becomes less dense, and rises to the surface as hot magma. C) Transform boundaries are when tectonic plates slide past each other creating too much energy that would destroy volcano formation. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) At subduction zones the dense oceanic crust melts, becomes less dense, and rises to the surface as hot magma. 10. What is the correct order of the physical layers of the geosphere? A) Lithosphere, asthenosphere, mesosphere, outer core, inner core. B) Inner core, asthenosphere, lithosphere, outer core, mesosphere. C) Mesosphere, lithosphere, asthenosphere, inner core, outer core. D) Outer core, inner core, mesosphere, asthenosphere, lithosphere. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Lithosphere, asthenosphere, mesosphere, outer core, inner core. 11. Which is the best option for viewing the inside of something? A) Earthquake map. B) Seismograph. C) Cross section. D) Hydrophone. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Cross section. 12. Which layer is a mixture of humus and sediment; worms, insects, and animals live here ..... A) Organic layer. B) Topsoil layer. C) Subsoil layer. D) Rock layer. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Topsoil layer. 13. Which sphere is made up of all the gases that surround Earth? A) Atmosphere. B) Biosphere. C) Lithosphere. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Atmosphere. 14. What is the correct layers of the earth starting with the surface? A) Crust, outer core, inner core, mantle. B) Mantle, outer core, inner core, crust. C) Crust, mantle, outer core, inner core. D) Outer core, inner core, crust, mantle. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Crust, mantle, outer core, inner core. 15. Earth's mantle is A) A layer of molten metal. B) A layer of hot rock. C) A dense ball of solid metal. D) A layer of rock that forms Earth's outer skin. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) A layer of hot rock. 16. The scientist that studies seismic activity is called a ..... A) Seismometer. B) Seismographer. C) Seismagram. D) Seismologist. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Seismologist. 17. How deep would you have to drill to reach the center of the earth? A) About 60, 000 kilometers. B) About 600, 000 kilometers. C) About 600 kilometers. D) About 6, 000 kilometers. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) About 6, 000 kilometers. 18. What is one of the primary sources of heat in the earth's interior? A) Heat from the sun. B) Microwave radiation. C) Radioactive decay. D) Kinetic energy as we move in orbit around the sun. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Radioactive decay. 19. Which layer is made of solid Iron and nickel? A) Crust. B) Mantle. C) Outer Core. D) Inner Core. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Inner Core. 20. The core of the earth is called as A) SIMA. B) NIFE. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) NIFE. 21. Continental plates:plates under ..... , A) Ocean. B) Boundaries. C) Continents. D) Non of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Continents. 22. What is the second layer of Earth? A) Crust. B) Inner core. C) Outer core. D) Mantle. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Mantle. 23. This solid layer of the Earth is mostly iron and nickel: A) Crust. B) Mantle. C) Outer Core. D) Inner Core. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Inner Core. 24. Which part of the earth is described as liquid? A) Crust. B) Outer Core. C) Inner Core. D) Mantle. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Outer Core. 25. Which layer of Earth is known for its plasticity and ability to flow slowly, allowing tectonic plates to move? A) Crust. B) Mantle. C) Outer Core. D) Inner Core. 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