PETE 1010 1.1 Petroleum Geology
Exam Questions & Answers (Grade
A+)
a common misconception of oil reservoirs; even experienced
oilfield workers often refer to a reservoir as this -
correct answer ✅oil pool
a rock formation that holds oil and gas, somewhat like a sponge
holds water -
correct answer ✅petroleum reservoir
has two parts: inner (solid) and outer (liquid) -
correct answer ✅core
lighter minerals formed this solid _______ around the outer core -
correct answer ✅mantle
other light elements solidified into a thin, rocky ______ above the
mantle -
correct answer ✅crust
provide the basis for how continents and formations formed; huge
plates that fit together like a jig saw puzzle -
correct answer ✅plate tectnonics
, PETE 1010 1.1 Petroleum Geology
Exam Questions & Answers (Grade
A+)
thin, about 5 to 7 miles, is made up of primarily heavy rock that
formed when molten rock, magma, cooled. -
correct answer ✅oceanic crust
thicker, 10 to 30 miles, and relatively light. As a result, continental
drift like icebergs among heavier oceanic rock and rise high above
sea level as mountains where they are the thickest -
correct answer ✅continental crust
two basic structures that occur when rocks deform, or change
shape, due to tectonic movement -
correct answer ✅folds and faults
rock strata that have crumpled and buckled into wavelike
structures; most common structures in mountain chains, ranging in
size from wrinkles of less than an inch to great arches and troughs
many miles across -
correct answer ✅folds
Exam Questions & Answers (Grade
A+)
a common misconception of oil reservoirs; even experienced
oilfield workers often refer to a reservoir as this -
correct answer ✅oil pool
a rock formation that holds oil and gas, somewhat like a sponge
holds water -
correct answer ✅petroleum reservoir
has two parts: inner (solid) and outer (liquid) -
correct answer ✅core
lighter minerals formed this solid _______ around the outer core -
correct answer ✅mantle
other light elements solidified into a thin, rocky ______ above the
mantle -
correct answer ✅crust
provide the basis for how continents and formations formed; huge
plates that fit together like a jig saw puzzle -
correct answer ✅plate tectnonics
, PETE 1010 1.1 Petroleum Geology
Exam Questions & Answers (Grade
A+)
thin, about 5 to 7 miles, is made up of primarily heavy rock that
formed when molten rock, magma, cooled. -
correct answer ✅oceanic crust
thicker, 10 to 30 miles, and relatively light. As a result, continental
drift like icebergs among heavier oceanic rock and rise high above
sea level as mountains where they are the thickest -
correct answer ✅continental crust
two basic structures that occur when rocks deform, or change
shape, due to tectonic movement -
correct answer ✅folds and faults
rock strata that have crumpled and buckled into wavelike
structures; most common structures in mountain chains, ranging in
size from wrinkles of less than an inch to great arches and troughs
many miles across -
correct answer ✅folds
