ASBOG practice exam 1
What is a transducer that is used to create an electrical signal whose magnitude is
directly proportional to the force being measured - ✔️✔️load cell
What is a device that is used to measure changes in the length of an object - ✔️✔️a
extensometer
What geophysical technique of magnetics could be used to investigate - ✔️✔️a skarn
Caves found within limestone result from - ✔️✔️slowly circulating water below the
water table
Plagioclase, quartz, biotite, and hornblende would most likely be found in - ✔️✔️dacite
Plagioclase plus pyroxene or hornblende could be found in - ✔️✔️andesite
What are some common associative minerals with sanidine - ✔️✔️Quartz, Muscovite,
Biotite, Plagioclase feldspars,
quartz + jadeite + lawsonite ± phengite, glaucophane, chlorite would most likely be a
chacteristic of - ✔️✔️blueshist facies
A braided stream usually indicates that the stream - ✔️✔️has greater load than
capacity
the soil of CL would be best for - ✔️✔️the use of an aquitard
A fissure vein of gold quartz would most likely be associated with - ✔️✔️rare earths
The assemblage of albite, chlorite, actinolite, and calcite would be most characteristic of
- ✔️✔️greenschist facies
The assemblage of hornblende + plagioclase would most likely be - ✔️✔️amphiboite
facies
In carbonates wollastonite + anorthite + diopside would most likely be - ✔️✔️sanidinite
facies
The formula K(AlSi3O8) is for what mineral - ✔️✔️sanidine
A titaniferous magnetite deposit would most likely be associated with - ✔️✔️mafic and
ultramafic intrusive bodies
, What a mass of small loose stones that form or cover a slope on a mountain -
✔️✔️scree
What is pile of rocks that accumulates at the base of a cliff, chute, or slope - ✔️✔️pile
of rocks that accumulates at the base of a cliff, chute, or slope
What is an inclinometer used for - ✔️✔️an instrument for measuring angles of slope (or
tilt), elevation or depression of an object with respect to gravity
What is a type of electrical transformer used for measuring linear displacement
(position). - ✔️✔️A linear variable differential transformer
What is an alkali feldspar with minor amounts of dark-coloured minerals such as biotite,
amphibole, or pyroxene - ✔️✔️trachyte
Convergent plate margins are characterized by - ✔️✔️melanges of feldspathic
sandstone, siltstone and shale
What are alternatingly compressional and extensional, and cause the rocks they pass
through to change in volume - ✔️✔️primary waves
a wave motion in a solid medium where the medium moves perpendicular to the
direction of the travel of the wave - ✔️✔️secondary waves
A soil material with a porosity of 50% would be - ✔️✔️classified as a CL
seismic refraction - ✔️✔️measures travel times of seismic waves along a velocity
contrast
seismic stratigraphy - ✔️✔️uses wave reflections and refractions to resolve surfaces
between rock types
Would could be expected origins of a mercury deposits - ✔️✔️epithermal, weathering,
volcanogenic
What type of water has never been circulated in the hydrologic cycle - ✔️✔️juvinile
What type of water has been trapped in the water since the deposition of the rock -
✔️✔️connate water
Settlement calculations are based on data obtained from which laboratory test -
✔️✔️consolidation
What is a transducer that is used to create an electrical signal whose magnitude is
directly proportional to the force being measured - ✔️✔️load cell
What is a device that is used to measure changes in the length of an object - ✔️✔️a
extensometer
What geophysical technique of magnetics could be used to investigate - ✔️✔️a skarn
Caves found within limestone result from - ✔️✔️slowly circulating water below the
water table
Plagioclase, quartz, biotite, and hornblende would most likely be found in - ✔️✔️dacite
Plagioclase plus pyroxene or hornblende could be found in - ✔️✔️andesite
What are some common associative minerals with sanidine - ✔️✔️Quartz, Muscovite,
Biotite, Plagioclase feldspars,
quartz + jadeite + lawsonite ± phengite, glaucophane, chlorite would most likely be a
chacteristic of - ✔️✔️blueshist facies
A braided stream usually indicates that the stream - ✔️✔️has greater load than
capacity
the soil of CL would be best for - ✔️✔️the use of an aquitard
A fissure vein of gold quartz would most likely be associated with - ✔️✔️rare earths
The assemblage of albite, chlorite, actinolite, and calcite would be most characteristic of
- ✔️✔️greenschist facies
The assemblage of hornblende + plagioclase would most likely be - ✔️✔️amphiboite
facies
In carbonates wollastonite + anorthite + diopside would most likely be - ✔️✔️sanidinite
facies
The formula K(AlSi3O8) is for what mineral - ✔️✔️sanidine
A titaniferous magnetite deposit would most likely be associated with - ✔️✔️mafic and
ultramafic intrusive bodies
, What a mass of small loose stones that form or cover a slope on a mountain -
✔️✔️scree
What is pile of rocks that accumulates at the base of a cliff, chute, or slope - ✔️✔️pile
of rocks that accumulates at the base of a cliff, chute, or slope
What is an inclinometer used for - ✔️✔️an instrument for measuring angles of slope (or
tilt), elevation or depression of an object with respect to gravity
What is a type of electrical transformer used for measuring linear displacement
(position). - ✔️✔️A linear variable differential transformer
What is an alkali feldspar with minor amounts of dark-coloured minerals such as biotite,
amphibole, or pyroxene - ✔️✔️trachyte
Convergent plate margins are characterized by - ✔️✔️melanges of feldspathic
sandstone, siltstone and shale
What are alternatingly compressional and extensional, and cause the rocks they pass
through to change in volume - ✔️✔️primary waves
a wave motion in a solid medium where the medium moves perpendicular to the
direction of the travel of the wave - ✔️✔️secondary waves
A soil material with a porosity of 50% would be - ✔️✔️classified as a CL
seismic refraction - ✔️✔️measures travel times of seismic waves along a velocity
contrast
seismic stratigraphy - ✔️✔️uses wave reflections and refractions to resolve surfaces
between rock types
Would could be expected origins of a mercury deposits - ✔️✔️epithermal, weathering,
volcanogenic
What type of water has never been circulated in the hydrologic cycle - ✔️✔️juvinile
What type of water has been trapped in the water since the deposition of the rock -
✔️✔️connate water
Settlement calculations are based on data obtained from which laboratory test -
✔️✔️consolidation
