This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Class 11 > Class 11 Geography Chapter 2 The Earth'S Structure – Quiz 41 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Class 11 Geography Chapter 2 The Earth'S Structure Quiz 41 (25 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. What is the time taken by the Earth to complete one rotation? A) 12 hours. B) 24 hours. C) 36 hours. D) 48 hours. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) 24 hours. 2. What is a computer system that store and processes geographic data from various sources? A) Volcano. B) Core-mantle boundary. C) Geographic information system. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Geographic information system. 3. Which type of metamorphic rock has minerals in bands or stripes? A) Nonfoliated. B) Coarse grained. C) Fine grained. D) Foliated. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Foliated. 4. Most geologists rejected Alfred Wegener's idea of continental drift because ..... A) It did not agree with their current theory. B) Wegener was interested in what Earth was like millions of years ago. C) Wegener used several different types of evidence to support his hypothesis. D) Wegener could not identify the force that moved the continents. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Wegener could not identify the force that moved the continents. 5. The scale that is thought to be the most reliable method to measure earthquakes ..... scales. A) EEW. B) Modified Mercalli. C) Moment magnitude. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Moment magnitude. 6. Which data have been most useful to scientists for defining properties of Earth's layers? A) Sound waves. B) Seismic waves. C) Satellite images. D) Sea surface temperatures. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Seismic waves. 7. The Earth's inner core is made mostly of A) Magma. B) Halite. C) Iron. D) Diamond. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Iron. 8. During sea floor spreading, molten material rises up from the mantle ..... A) Along the continents. B) At the mid ocean ridges. C) Deep ocean trenches. D) At north and south poles. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) At the mid ocean ridges. 9. What is the name for the large pieces into which the Earth's lithosphere is broken? A) Continental drift. B) Tectonic plates. C) Earthquakes. D) Volcanic eruptions. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Tectonic plates. 10. The "plastic" layer within the mantle A) Asthenosphere. B) Lithosphere. C) Atmosphere. D) Mantle. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Asthenosphere. 11. Which is the coolest part of the planet? A) Inner core. B) Outer core. C) Mantle. D) Crust. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Crust. 12. Where is Earth the thickest? A) Water. B) Land. C) At the poles. D) At the equator. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Land. 13. Earth formed from a cloud of gas and dust called: A) Asthenosphere. B) Lithosphere. C) Nebula. D) Gravity. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Nebula. 14. Earthquakes' magnitudes are measured on the ..... scale. A) Fahrenheit. B) Richter. C) Celsius. D) Fault line. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Richter. 15. Which of the following causes Earth's tectonic plates to move? A) Energy from the Sun. B) Magnetic Pole Reversal. C) Convection currents in the mantle. D) Faults in Mountain Ranges. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Convection currents in the mantle. 16. The Mid-Atlantic ridge was formed at which boundary? A) Convergent. B) Divergent. C) Transform. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Divergent. 17. The layer we live on: A) Oceanic Crust. B) Continental Crust. C) Lithosphere. D) Asthenosphere. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Continental Crust. 18. At the epicenter A) The p wave leaves first. B) The s wave leaves first. C) The waves leave at the same time. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) The waves leave at the same time. 19. This type of wave travels only on the Earth's surface. A) S wave shadow zone. B) Body wave. C) Surface wave. D) P wave shadow zone. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Surface wave. 20. Igneous rocks form from A) Extreme heat and pressure inside the Earth. B) The cooling of melted rock. C) Pieces of sediment stuck together. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) The cooling of melted rock. 21. Pressure and temperature ..... as you move deeper below Earth's surface A) Increase. B) Decrease. C) Stay the same. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Increase. 22. The order of the earth's compositional layers from most dense to least dense are A) Inner Core, Crust, Mantle and Outer Core. B) Crust, Mantle, Outer Core and Inner Core. C) Inner Core, Outer Core, Mantle and Crust. D) Crust, Outer Core, Inner Core and Mantle. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Inner Core, Outer Core, Mantle and Crust. 23. What is the composition of Earth's inner core? A) Mainly copper and zinc. B) Mainly gold and silver. C) Mainly silicon and oxygen. D) Mainly nickel and iron. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Mainly nickel and iron. 24. The outer part of the magnetic field that protects Earth from cosmic rays is called: ..... A) Magnetosphere. B) Geosphere. C) Biosphere. D) Cryosphere. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Magnetosphere. 25. The thinnest layer of Earth A) Core. B) Mantle. C) Crust. D) None of the above. 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