Question

8. How do the following use echoes?

(b) geologist

Answer 1

Step 1:

• Echoes are used by Geologist in process of mineral prospecting.
• Mineral prospecting is the process to find the mineral tank when there is no assurance of finding anything.

Step 2:

• The sources generate the sound which travel through the ground.
• The reflected sounds from the beds of formations are recorded and analyzed.
• With the help of the analysis of the time travel of echoes and velocity, the presence of minerals are detected by geologist.