GEO QUIZ (3)

1. Which rock makes up most of the oceanic crust ?

Basalt

Shale

Limestone

Salt

2.

The type of wave that arrives first at a station from an earthquake hypocenter is ........

P-wave

S-wave

Rayleigh wave

Love wave

3. What rock is a glass ?

Obsidian

Jasper

Hornfels

Quartzite

4. Which of these is NOT a rock ?

Malachite

Andesite

Rhyolite

Olivinite

5. The acceleration due to gravity, 'g' is maximum at ........

poles

mid-latitudes

equator

sub-tropical regions

6. Which of the following physical properties of rocks has the widest range of variation?

Electrical resistivity

Magnetic permeability

Dielectric permittivity

Seismic velocity

7. What process turns sediment into rock ?

Consolidation

Compaction

conglomeration

comminution

Geo Quiz (3)

1. Which rock makes up most of the oceanic crust ?

2.

What first name or nickname would you like us to use?

2.

The type of wave that arrives first at a station from an earthquake hypocenter is ........

3. What rock is a glass ?

4. Which of these is NOT a rock ?

5. The acceleration due to gravity, 'g' is maximum at ........

6. Which of the following physical properties of rocks has the widest range of variation?

7. What process turns sediment into rock ?

Geo Quiz (3)

1. Which rock makes up most of the oceanic crust ?

2.

What first name or nickname would you like us to use?

2. The type of wave that arrives first at a station from an earthquake hypocenter is ........

3. What rock is a glass ?

4. Which of these is NOT a rock ?

5. The acceleration due to gravity, 'g' is maximum at ........

6. Which of the following physical properties of rocks has the widest range of variation?

7. What process turns sediment into rock ?

2.

The type of wave that arrives first at a station from an earthquake hypocenter is ........