Role-specific Earth Science Interview Questions & Answers:

1. The site of photosynthesis is?

2. 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

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

Sinkhole

4. 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

5. 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

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

Amber

7. What kind of rocks are formed by the lithification of sediments:

Sedimentary Rocks

8. What is the upper surface of the saturated zone of groundwater called:

The Water Table

9. What is the professional name for the person who studies fossils?

Paleontologist

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

Spring