Knowledge Survey Questions - Geophysics

Bloom's Taxonomy Level - 1

• What is the orientation of the di-polar vs. non di-polar field?
• Describe the "snowball earth" hypothesis.
• What is a wavelet?

Bloom's Taxonomy Level - 2

• How does gravitational acceleration vary with latitude?
• How does magnetic field strength vary with latitude?
• How does mantle viscosity and lithospheric flexure differ?
• How do you interpret a 2-component Zjiderveld diagram?
• How are focal mechanism solutions derived?
• How do campaign and continuous GPS surveys differ?

Bloom's Taxonomy Level - 3

• Given seismic reflection and refraction profiles of the same section, how would they differ?
• What is the application of GPR technology to environmental site assessment?

Bloom's Taxonomy Level - 4

• How does the location of Earth's rotation axis vary over time?
• What focal mechanism solution is most common along a divergent plate boundary?
• How would you interpret the results of a GPS array with large error ellipses?

Bloom's Taxonomy Level - 5

• Summarize the observed geoidal variations on Earth and the change in planetary shape observed in 1997. What are the future implications?