This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Class 11 > Class 11 Geography Chapter 2 The Earth'S Structure – Quiz 8 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Class 11 Geography Chapter 2 The Earth'S Structure Quiz 8 (25 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. What is the thickest layer of the Earth? A) Crust. B) Mantle. C) Outer Core. D) Inner Core. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Mantle. 2. Which layers make up the lithosphere? A) Layers 5 and 4. B) Layers 4 and 3. C) Layers 3 and 2. D) Layers 2 and 1. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Layers 2 and 1. 3. True or false-friction plays a role within the process of convection (& resulting plate movement) A) True. B) False. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) True. 4. The layer that makes up most of the earth's mass and volume is the A) Crust. B) Mantle. C) Core. D) Asthenosphere. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Mantle. 5. Which layer of the Earth is just below the crust? A) Mantle. B) Crust. C) Inner core. D) Ourter core. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Mantle. 6. Which type of plate boundary occurs when two plates slide past each other horizontally? A) Convergent plate boundary. B) Divergent plate boundary. C) Subduction plate boundary. D) Transform plate boundary. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Transform plate boundary. 7. What is true about the PRESSURE of Earth's layers? A) Pressure increases as you move from the crust to the core of the Earth. B) Pressure increases as you move from the core to the crust of the Earth. C) Pressure remains the same all throughout Earth's layers. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Pressure increases as you move from the crust to the core of the Earth. 8. What is the Earth's innermost layer composed of? A) Liquid iron-nickel alloy. B) Molten lava. C) Solid iron-nickel alloy. D) Solid gold. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Solid iron-nickel alloy. 9. The landform that predominates in the eastern side of the United States is: A) Plateaus. B) Mountains. C) Hills. D) Plains. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Plains. 10. The outer most layer of Earth is the ..... A) Crust. B) Mantle. C) Outer core. D) Inner core. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Crust. 11. What is ore? A) Ore is a mineral that contains a useful substance, like iron. B) Ore is a rock that the hardest minerals on Earth. C) Ore is what is used to heat furnaces. D) Ore flies through space and can crash into planets. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Ore is a mineral that contains a useful substance, like iron. 12. How many layers does Earth have? A) 1. B) 2. C) 3. D) 4. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) 4. 13. What is the cooling source for convection in the mantle? A) The Crust. B) The Mantle. C) The Core. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) The Crust. 14. According to Earth's chemical properties, what is the correct order of layers from most dense to least dense? A) Core, mantle, crust. B) Crust, mantle, core. C) Lithosphere, mantle, outer core, inner core. D) Inner core, outer coure, mantle, crust. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Core, mantle, crust. 15. Mount Everest formed when two tectonic plates collided. Which of the following processes lead to theformation of Mount Everest? A) Eriosion. B) Substidence. C) Pushed up or uplift. D) Weathering. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Pushed up or uplift. 16. Two types of surface waves A) Love waves and Rayleigh Waves. B) P waves and S waves. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Love waves and Rayleigh Waves. 17. Trilobites are extinct animals that lived in the oceans. Fossils of these animals can be found in dry areas such as Cincinnati. What does this indicate? A) Trilobites now live underground. B) Trilobites are the ancestors of jellyfish. C) Cincinnati was once covered by the ocean where trilobites lived. D) The environment changed, creating small saltwater lakes in Cincinnati. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Cincinnati was once covered by the ocean where trilobites lived. 18. The ..... discontinuity is between the crust and the mantle. A) Gutenberg. B) Mohorovicic. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Mohorovicic. 19. The South American and African plates are diverging at a rate of about ..... per year. A) 18.5 cm. B) 1 cm. C) 3 cm. D) 50 cm. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) 3 cm. 20. What is the primary cause of tectonic plate movement? A) Earth's rotation. B) Gravitational pull from the moon. C) Convection currents in the mantle. D) Solar radiation. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Convection currents in the mantle. 21. The lower boundary of the crust is called the Mohorovicic discontinuity, or ..... A) "Moho". B) Plasticity. C) Oceanic crust. D) Core. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) "Moho". 22. What is the evidence of the Earth's sphericity based on circumnavigation? A) The circular horizon. B) The Earth's shadow on the moon. C) The deflection of ocean currents. D) The deflection of winds. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) The circular horizon. 23. Which word best characterizes the lower mantle? A) Scalding. B) Cool. C) Molten. D) Lukewarm. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Molten. 24. Which process would be most effective in determining the age of fossils embedded in rock? A) Relative dating. B) Absolute dating. C) Use of index fossils. D) Use of core sampling. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Absolute dating. 25. What is the only entirely liquid layer of the earth? A) The upper mantle. B) The outer core. C) The inner core. D) The lower mantle. 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