This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Class 11 > Class 11 Geography Chapter 2 The Earth'S Structure – Quiz 42 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Class 11 Geography Chapter 2 The Earth'S Structure Quiz 42 (25 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. ..... is a measure of the "size, " or amplitude, of the seismic waves generated by an earthquake source and recorded by seismographs. A) Magnitude. B) Intensity. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Magnitude. 2. The seismic waves that move the fastest are ..... A) P waves. B) S waves. C) Surface waves. D) Water waves. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) P waves. 3. Sedimentary rocks form where weathered and eroded materials are dropped A) True. B) False. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) True. 4. Through relative dating, a geologist finds a fossil that is approximately 10, 000 years old. Which radioactive element would the geologist most likely use to accurately calculate the fossil's age? A) Gallium-67 with a half-life of 78 hours. B) Carbon-14 with a half-life of 5, 700 years. C) Plutonium-238 with a half-life of 88 years. D) Iodine-129 with a half-life of 16 million years. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Carbon-14 with a half-life of 5, 700 years. 5. Name the narrow zone where life exist A) Biosphere. B) Hydrosphere. C) Atmosphere. D) Lithosphere. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Biosphere. 6. What is the layer of gas surrounding a planet that is held in place by gravity? A) Geosphere. B) Biosphere. C) Hydrosphere. D) Atmosphere. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Atmosphere. 7. Heat transfer within a fluid is called ..... A) Conduction. B) Convection currents. C) Density. D) Radiation. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Convection currents. 8. Which layer contain convection currents? A) Mantle. B) Crust. C) Outer core. D) Inner core. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Mantle. 9. The supercontinent that included all land masses on earth A) Asthenosphere. B) Convection. C) Convection currents. D) Pangaea. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Pangaea. 10. It is totally liquid A) Crust. B) Mantle. C) Outer core. D) Inner core. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Outer core. 11. Earhquakes takes place on A) The crust. B) The mantle. C) The core. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) The crust. 12. Layer of hot, molten lava & iron and nickel A) Mantle. B) Inner core. C) Outer core. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Outer core. 13. Which layer of the Earth is the thinnest? A) Outer core. B) Crust. C) Mantle. D) Inner core. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Crust. 14. A mid-ocean ridge is ..... A) A range of mountains formed when plates collide. B) Any underwater landform found near a boundary. C) An underwater volcanic range formed when plates move apart. D) Caused by earthquakes that happen underwater. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) An underwater volcanic range formed when plates move apart. 15. The Aleutian Islands are an example of A) Subduction zone. B) Island arc. C) Collision zone. D) Divergent boundary. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Island arc. 16. What is the thickest layer? A) Crust. B) Mantle. C) Outer Core. D) Inner Core. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Mantle. 17. How are earthquakes caused? A) Movement of the moon. B) Volcanic eruption. C) Global warming. D) Sudden release of energy in the Earth's crust. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Sudden release of energy in the Earth's crust. 18. What is the portion of the system of Earth that includes Earth's interior, rocks and minerals, landforms, and the processes that shape Earth's surface? A) Geosphere. B) Biosphere. C) Hydrosphere. D) Atmosphere. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Geosphere. 19. Tectonic plates is the theory that plates and their movements affect many geologic structures and processes. A) True. B) False. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) True. 20. What layer of the earth is made of liquid? A) Upper mantle. B) Outer core. C) Inner core. D) Lower mantle. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Outer core. 21. Analyze how the movement of Earth's plates can cause earthquakes. A) Plates move apart, creating new crust. B) Plates slide past each other, releasing energy. C) Plates sink into the mantle, causing tremors. D) Plates collide, forming mountains. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Plates slide past each other, releasing energy. 22. Beneath the mantle is the core, a large sphere of metal that occupies Earth's center. A) True. B) False. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) True. 23. What are convection currents? A) The cycle of heated rock or metal rising, and cooling rock or metal falling. B) The cycle of cooling rock or metal rising, and heated rock or metal falling. C) An electric current found in the mantle. D) And electric current found in the outer core. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) The cycle of heated rock or metal rising, and cooling rock or metal falling. 24. True or False? Soil formation is affected by many things, including climate and rock type. A) True. B) False. C) I am not sure. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) True. 25. Igneous rocks are also called: A) Secondary rocks. B) Tertiary rocks. C) Halite rocks. D) Primary rocks. 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