1st Round – GeoBowl

Geophysics
1. Question-100 points: The interaction of electric currents or fields and magnetic fields in one
word is called? (electromagnetism/electromagnetic field)
2. Question-200 points: true or false: good absorbers are also good emitters (true)
3. Question-300 points: What is the term for number of cycles completed per unit time, in
other name, the reverse of time spent for defined number of wave cycles is called?
(frequency)
4. Question-400 points: What is the relationship between acoustic velocity and density along
increased burial depth? Are they directly proportional or inversely proportional?( (directly)
5. Question-500 points: How would the P-wave velocity of a porous, water-saturated
sandstone change if some of the water were replaced by natural gas? (will decrease)

2nd Round – GeoRing

First Group
1. Question-500 points – Name the wave parameter that is measured in Hertz? (frequency)
2. Question-600 points – What is it called when a wave encounters a barrier and returns to the
original medium? (reflection)
3. Question-700 points – 2D seismic data are acquired along a 1D line on the surface. 3D
seismic data are acquired over a 2D area of the surface. How is 4D seismic data acquired?
(at repeated time/time lapse)
4. Question-800 points - As a seismic wavelet propagates further and further through a rock
medium, what happens to its frequency content? (would decrease)
5. Question-900 points – A body that absorbs all of the radiation that is hit into it. no radiation
is reflected or transmitted. What is that body called in astrophysics? (black body/black hole)
6. Question-1000 points – These are Anomalous seismic amplitudes which may be indicators
of hydrocarbon effect in reflection seismic. What are they called? (DHI’s/bright spots/flat
spots/dim spots)
Second Group
1. Question-500 points – Wave amplitude is the height of that wave, but what wave
parameter is the distance between two consecutive crests of a wave? (wavelength)
2. Question-600 points – We know that incident wave may get reflected, refracted or get
scattered into new wavefronts after the wave meets a discontinuity such as a fault
surface, an unconformity or an abrupt change in rock type. What is the name of
scattered waves other than reflected or refracted waves? (diffracted waves/diffraction)
3. Question-700 points - -what is the fourth dimension in 4D seismic other than coordinate
system of x,y,z? (time)
4. Question-800 points –We know that, artificially induced waves are generated from
sound. But natural seismic waves are generated from what natural phenomenon?
(earthquakes)
5. Question-900 points – Above this temperature, the ferromagnetic materials lose their
magnetic characteristics. What is this well-known temperature called? (Curie/Critical
temperature)
6. Question-1000 points – How would the P-wave velocity of a water-saturated sandstone
change if some of the water were replaced by natural gas? (would decrease)