Earth Science Interview Questions & Answers
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Earth Science Job Interview Questions and Answers

1 :: In 1962, Harry Hess at Princeton University hypothesized that the topography of the seafloor could be explained if the seafloor were moving sideways away from the oceanic ridge. This came to be called the Hess hypothesis of:

Seafloor Spreading

2 :: A limestone cave that is open to the sky or whose roof has collapsed is now called a:

Sinkhole

3 :: What are the names of the tides that occur when the suns tidal bulges and the moons tidal bulges are at right angles to each other?

Neap Tides

4 :: What is the common name for the test that gives the hardness of the material by the size of an indent left in it by a standard steel ball?

The Brinell Test

5 :: What is the fossilized resin of ancient trees which forms through the natural polymerization of sap:

Amber

6 :: What kind of rocks are formed by the lithification of sediments:

Sedimentary Rocks

7 :: What is the upper surface of the saturated zone of groundwater called:

The Water Table

8 :: What is the professional name for the person who studies fossils?

Paleontologist

9 :: What is the term for groundwater emerging naturally at the ground surface, where the water table intersects the surface:

Spring

10 :: What is the name given to the region of the Earths mantle located from about 75 to 300 kilometers below the surface, where rocks have little strength?

Asthenosphere

11 :: The name of this mineral is derived from the Latin word which means "to flow". One of its major uses is as a flux to help melt iron ore. What is its name?

Fluorite

12 :: Give the common name of the historic mineral that was the original source of radium and the first substance in which helium was discovered on earth:

Pitchblende

13 :: Which equinox marks the moment when fall begins in the Northern Hemisphere?

Autumnal Equinox

14 :: What is the only common mineral to be strongly magnetic other than magnetite:

Pyrrhotite

15 :: What common type of paper contains substantial amounts of corundum and magnetite?

Sand Paper

16 :: As glaciers erode the surface over which they move, sets of parallel linear grooves are sometime worn into the rock surface. These grooves are called:

Striations

17 :: What is the name for the margin where two plates in the lithosphere slide past each other?

Transform Fault Margins

18 :: A solid compound whose internal structural pattern is expressed as plane faces that can be seen with the unaided eye is generally known as a:

Crystal

19 :: On the day of the summer solstice in the Southern Hemisphere, the sun can be seen directly overhead at what location around the globe?

Tropic Of Capricorn

20 :: Magma that reached the Earths surface is called:

Lava

21 :: During which equinoxes are day and night of equal length around the world:

Autumnal And Vernal Equinoxes

22 :: This mineral has the nickname "bloodstone" because it gives a deep red color on a streak test. What is its chemical formula?

Fe2O3

23 :: Name 2 places on earth where continental glaciers exist:

Antarctica And Greenland

24 :: In what layer of the Earths atmosphere does most of our weather occur?

Troposphere

25 :: Order the following minerals from the hardest to the softest:

Topaz; Corundum; Quartz; Fluorite

Answer: Corundum; Topaz; Quartz; Fluorite

Earth Science Interview Questions and Answers — 53 Earth Science Interview Questions and Answers