This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Class 11 > Class 11 Geography Chapter 2 The Earth'S Structure – Quiz 45 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Class 11 Geography Chapter 2 The Earth'S Structure Quiz 45 (25 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. A plate boundary where two plates move away from each other A) Convergent Boundary. B) Divergent Boundary. C) Transform Boundary. D) Mountains. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Divergent Boundary. 2. What is the thinnest layer of Earth's geosphere that also floats? A) The mantle. B) The core. C) The crust. D) The lithosphere. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) The crust. 3. Using data from seismic waves, geologists have learned Earth's interior is made up of several A) Continents. B) Layers. C) Ridges. D) Trenches. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Layers. 4. Name the densest layer of the earth structure. A) Core. B) Crust. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Core. 5. Where do convection currents happen in the model we are studying? A) The Crust. B) The Mantle. C) The Core. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) The Mantle. 6. A large mass of moving water caused by a strong earthquake under the ocean ..... A) Volcano. B) Tsunami. C) Epicenter. D) Fault. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Tsunami. 7. How does s-wave move? A) It moves side to side as the wave travels backward. B) It moves horizontally as the wave travels forward. C) It moves in perpendicular direction and moves in up and down or side to side as the wave travels forward. D) It moves vertically as the wave travels backward. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) It moves in perpendicular direction and moves in up and down or side to side as the wave travels forward. 8. True or False? There are different types of plate boundaries on Earth, such as divergent, convergent, and transform boundaries. A) True. B) False. C) I am not sure. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) True. 9. Metamorphic rock is formed by ..... and ..... A) Shaping, heat. B) Shining, pressure. C) Squeezing, heat. D) Squeezing, pressure. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Squeezing, heat. 10. Which is NOT a type of mountain? A) Fault-block mountain. B) Erosion mountain. C) Deposition mountain. D) Fold mountain. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Deposition mountain. 11. Which answer is TRUE? A) The temperature of the crust is much hotter than the temperature of the core. B) The temperature of the core is hotter than the mantle. C) The temperature of the mantle is hotter than the core. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) The temperature of the core is hotter than the mantle. 12. Which is the best description of the characteristics of the asthenosphere? A) Solid, but flowing. B) Liquid, but dense. C) Hot, but solid metal. D) Brittle, but shifting. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Solid, but flowing. 13. The area that felt the worst impact from the earthquake was ..... A) Hypocenter. B) Epicenter. C) Plestoceista. D) Isoseista. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Epicenter. 14. A mineral is always a ..... A) Liquid. B) Solid. C) Gas. D) Plasma. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Solid. 15. The Earth's Crust is made up of ..... A) Molten Magma. B) Solid Rocks. C) Land Masses. D) None of these. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Solid Rocks. 16. Large cracks in the Earth's crust ..... A) Faults. B) Earthquakes. C) Epicenter. D) Volcano. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Faults. 17. What is the outermost layer of the Earth? A) Earth Crust. B) Earth Mantle. C) Outer Core. D) Inner Core. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Earth Crust. 18. The layer of the atmosphere that can burn up meteors that fall towards the earth is ..... A) Exosphere layer. B) Thermosphere layer. C) Mesosphere layer. D) Stratosphere layer. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Mesosphere layer. 19. What makes the tectonic plates move? A) Convection, the heating and cooling of magma inside the earth. B) Storms that happen over the ocean. C) Global warming. D) The different moon phases. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Convection, the heating and cooling of magma inside the earth. 20. How does sedimentary rock become metamorphic rock? A) Through heat and pressure, which melts sedimentary rock until it becomes metamorphic. B) Through heat and erosion, which boils the sedimentary rock until it becomes metamorphic. C) Through erosion and cooling, which changes the sedimentary rock until it becomes metamorphic. D) Through erosion and compacting, which changes the sedimentary rock until it becomes metamorphic. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Through heat and pressure, which melts sedimentary rock until it becomes metamorphic. 21. Layer that "flows/has plasticity" but is still solid: A) Oceanic Crust. B) Continental Crust. C) Lithosphere. D) Asthenosphere. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Asthenosphere. 22. The layer directly below the crust is the ..... A) Core. B) Mantle. C) Crust. D) None of these. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Mantle. 23. What is molten rock beneath the Earth's surface called? A) Magma. B) Lava. C) Basalt. D) Granite. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Magma. 24. When rocks are affected by weathering and erosion, they change into which of the following? A) Lava. B) Sediment. C) Magma. D) Metamorphic Rock. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Sediment. 25. What part of the mantle is shared with the crust? A) Asthenosphere. B) Lithosphere. C) All the above. D) None of the above. 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