This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Class 11 > Class 11 Geography Chapter 2 The Earth'S Structure – Quiz 6 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Class 11 Geography Chapter 2 The Earth'S Structure Quiz 6 (25 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. Which type of plate boundary occurs when two plates collide and one is forced beneath the other? A) Subduction plate boundary. B) Convergent plate boundary. C) Transform plate boundary. D) Divergent plate boundary. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Convergent plate boundary. 2. Which part of Earth may act like a liquid? A) Inner core. B) Crust. C) Outer core. D) Lithosphere. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Outer core. 3. What is the core made of? A) Rocks. B) Water. C) Metals. D) Lava. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Metals. 4. This is considered as the fastest kind of seismic waves. A) Love waves. B) Body waves. C) Primary waves. D) Secondary waves. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Primary waves. 5. This layer of Earth is the thickest part A) Crust. B) Outer core. C) Mantle. D) Inner core. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Mantle. 6. Most tectonic plates have both oceanic and continental crust. How are they different? A) Oceanic is thinner and less dense than continental. B) Continental is thinner than more dense than oceanic. C) Continental is thicker and less dense than oceanic. D) Oceanic is thicker and more dense than continental. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Continental is thicker and less dense than oceanic. 7. What is a product of uplift? A) Mountains. B) Sink holes. C) Ditches. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Mountains. 8. The liquid iron part of the core A) Outer core. B) Inner core. C) Crust. D) Mantle. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Outer core. 9. What happens in the Earth's Mantle? A) More dense cooler magma moves upward. B) Convection currents flow within the mantle. C) Less dense hot magma moves downward. D) There is water moving. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Convection currents flow within the mantle. 10. Shaking of land that occurs when a fault moves suddenly ..... A) Faults. B) Tsunami. C) Tornadoes. D) Earthquakes. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Earthquakes. 11. What is the rigid outermost layer of Earth that includes the crust and the uppermost mantle A) Asthenosphere. B) Continental crust. C) Oceanic crust. D) Lithosphere. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Lithosphere. 12. What is the process by which the Earth's lithosphere is broken into large pieces? A) Plate Tectonics. B) Continental Drift. C) Volcanic Eruption. D) Earthquake. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Plate Tectonics. 13. Which layer of earth is composed primarily of iron and nickel? A) The crust. B) The cores. C) The mantle. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) The cores. 14. What theory explains the movement of the Earth's lithospheric plates? A) Plate Tectonics. B) Continental Drift. C) Seafloor Spreading. D) Geosyncline Theory. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Plate Tectonics. 15. The lithosphere and asthenosphere are part of the A) Upper Mantle. B) Lower Mantle. C) Outer Core. D) Inner Core. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Upper Mantle. 16. What natural phenomenon is caused by the sudden release of energy in the Earth's crust? A) Tsunami. B) Earthquakes. C) Volcanoes. D) Landslides. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Earthquakes. 17. What is the heat source for convection in the mantle? A) The Crust. B) The Mantle. C) The Core. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) The Core. 18. The crust-mantle interface is known as ..... A) Mohorovicic Discontinuity. B) Gutenberg Discontinuity. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Mohorovicic Discontinuity. 19. Which event most likely caused the formation of folded mountain ranges on Earth? A) Tectonic plates pulling apart. B) Tectonic plates pushing together. C) Tectonic plates sliding past each other. D) Tectonic plates breaking into small pieces. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Tectonic plates pushing together. 20. Heat and pressure deep beneath Earth's surface can change any rock into ..... A) Igneous rock. B) Sedimentary rock. C) Metamorphic rock. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Metamorphic rock. 21. What is the combination of the crust and uppermost mantle? A) Asthenosphere. B) Geosphere. C) Magnetosphere. D) Lithosphere. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Lithosphere. 22. Which phenomenon is found in all three convergent zones? A) Mountains. B) Volcanoes. C) Trenches. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Mountains. 23. The different layers that formed inside Earth are due to the different ..... of the materials. A) Densities. B) Masses. C) Volumes. D) Lengths. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Densities. 24. Which sublayer is made up of the crust and upper mantle? A) Inner Core. B) Outer Core. C) Lithosphere. D) Asthenosphere. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Lithosphere. 25. The process by which sediment is moved from one place to another. Can be caused by water, wind, ice, and gravity. A) Rock Cycle. B) Uplift. C) Deposition. D) Erosion. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Erosion. ← PreviousNext →Related QuizzesClass 11 Geography Chapter 2 The Earth'S Structure Quiz 1Class 11 Geography Chapter 2 The Earth'S Structure Quiz 2Class 11 Geography Chapter 2 The Earth'S Structure Quiz 3Class 11 Geography Chapter 2 The Earth'S Structure Quiz 4Class 11 Geography Chapter 2 The Earth'S Structure Quiz 5Class 11 Geography Chapter 2 The Earth'S Structure Quiz 7Class 11 Geography Chapter 2 The Earth'S Structure Quiz 8Class 11 Geography Chapter 2 The Earth'S Structure Quiz 9Class 11 Geography Chapter 2 The Earth'S Structure Quiz 10Class 11 Geography Chapter 2 The Earth'S Structure Quiz 11 🏠 Back to Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books