MCQ Geology Geological Time Earth’s Internal Structure SET 1ALL MCQ For Geology Geological Time Earth’s Internal Structure 1. Which of the following forms outermost solid part of the earth?CoreCrustMantleMagmaQuestion 1 of 152. Which of the following is known as most dense layer of the earth?CoreCrustMantleMagmaQuestion 2 of 153. Which of the following layer of the earth is termed as Sial?CoreCrustMantaleNone of the aboveQuestion 3 of 154. Lithosphere is the combination of ___?Upper core and lower coreUpper crust and lower mantleCrust and uppermost part of mantleMantle and coreQuestion 4 of 155. Which of the following rocks found in Oceanic crust?GraniteBasaltIgneous rocksMetamorphic rocksQuestion 5 of 156. Which one of the following is a direct source of information about the interior of the earth?Earthquake wavesVolcanoes Gravitational forceEarth magnetismQuestion 6 of 157. Which one of the following describes the lithosphere:upper and lower mantlecrust and upper mantlecrust and coremantle and coreQuestion 7 of 158. Which of the following is the thinnest layer of the earth?CrustMantleOuter CoreInner coreQuestion 8 of 159. Moho’s discontinuity is ----the boundary between crust and Mantlethe boundary between Mantle and Corethe Boundary between the Inner core and Outer CoreBoundary between the upper and lower mantleQuestion 9 of 1510. Continental crust is also referred to as?SiAl SiMa SiAl and SiMa NifeQuestion 10 of 1511. Identify the correct sequence of processes involved in chemical weathering of rocks:Hydrolysis, Solution, Hydration, Oxidation, CarbonationSolution, Carbonation, Hydration, Hydrolysis, OxidationHydrolysis, Oxidation, Carbonation, Hydration, SolutionHydrolysis, Hydration, Carbonation, Oxidation, SolutionQuestion 11 of 1512. Which among the following is the correct sequence of the elements in earth's crust in decreasing order?Oxygen > Aluminium > Silicon > IronOxygen > Silicon > Iron > AluminiumOxygen > Aluminium > Iron > SiliconOxygen > Silicon > Aluminium > IronQuestion 12 of 1513. Strike - slip faults are examples of plate movement which isperpendicular to the strike of the fault planeparallel to the strike of the fault planeat 45° to the strike of the fault planenot in the fault zoneQuestion 13 of 1514. The S-wave comes to an end at:A barrier between the crust and the mantleThe border between the lithosphere and the asthenosphereThe border between the mantle and the coreCore Boundaries (Inner and Outer)Question 14 of 1515. The following factors are hypothesized to be involved in plate movement:IsostasyEarth’s rotationThermal convection cellsPolar wanderingQuestion 15 of 15 Loading...
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