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WorksheetsGeology and SEG Quiz Round One
Total questions: 20
Worksheet time: 7mins
The submerged portion of a continent is called
flood plain
continental shelf
volcanic island
continental margin
A mineral occurring naturally as a branching treelike form within rocks is called
dendrite
pyrite
epeirogenesis
meteorite
The 'lunar swirl' features on the moon surface have been explained to be caused by
shallow magnetic lava pipes
lunar dust storms
random walk of lunar lander
ancient lunar river channels
The rotation of the earth causes the acceleration of gravity to be about ___ percentage less at the equator than at the poles.
0.35
0.25
0.15
0.005
A key seismic indicator of the presence of a gas hydrate deposit is
bsr (bottle simulating reflector)
flat spot
bright spot
bow tie
A p-wave is travelling vertically towards the surface. Suppose the displacement inside the earth is 0.001mm. when the wave reflects at the earth's surface, what is the displacement at the earth's surface?
0.002mm
0.0mm
0.001mm
0.005mm
What is the term for the area of land that drains into a particular river system?
fjord
watershed
Delta
Estuary
Which of the following mountain ranges is considered the youngest in geological terms?
Rockies
Appalachian Mountains
Himalayas
Andes Mountains
In Electrical Resistivity Tomography (ERT), which of the following is a key advantage of using a multi electrode array?
Increased resolution of deep targets
Simplified data interpretation
Reduced power consumption
enhanced data redundancy
In ERT software's, what is done during model refinement?
Iterative adjustment of the model parameters to maximize the difference between observed and predicted data
decreasing spatial resolution
Destroying visual outputs
Iterative adjustment of the model parameters to minimize the difference between observed and predicted data
Who is the current president of seg
jim white
Adelina joachim
john eastwood
steven davis
More than 1000 years ago persian scientist and polymath Muhammad Ibn Musa Al-Khwarizmi invented the concept of _____
logarithms
alogarithms
trigonometry
imaginary numbers
When was the first seg (distinguish instructor short course (disc) ) presented?
1999
2006
1998
2001
The 2023-2024 president of SEG board of directors is
authur
cheng
lilian flakes
Constantine tsingas
ge jin
In 11600's archbishop James Usher declared that
earth was created in 4004BC
God lives in Dublin
earth was perhaps millions of years old
eart's history could be understood by observing modern processs
The oldest rock exposed at earth's surface is a ____ rock.
metamorphic
igneous
Trapped sh waves are also known as ___ waves.
love
Rayleigh
Mud is strictly a deep water deposit.
true
false
A reflection event indicating a positive reflection coefficient is recorded as ____ number in seg standard polarity for a causal wavelet.
negative
positive
A prediction error filter reduces the trace to what it ___ predict.
cant
can
