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The world ocean - Answer-Is the dominant feature of Earth and most of it's living organisms About what percentage of Earth's surface is covered by water? - Answer-71% About what percentage of the water on or near our surface is contained in the ocean? - Answer-97% The average high of the c...

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Marine Science Semester 1 Exam
Questions with Latest Update
The world ocean - Answer-Is the dominant feature of Earth and most of it's living
organisms

About what percentage of Earth's surface is covered by water? - Answer-71%

About what percentage of the water on or near our surface is contained in the ocean? -
Answer-97%

The average high of the continents above sea level is greater than the average depth of
ocean. (T/F) - Answer-False

John Harrison's invention of the Chronometer was important because: - Answer-And
allowed the calculation of longitude after weeks at sea

This man was the first to publish a reasonably accurate chart of an ocean current: -
Answer-Benjamin Franklin

Polynesian navigators depended on _____for accurate navigation - Answer-Luck; stars,
clouds, and the flight direction of birds; The appearance and taste of sea water; and
wave direction and shape

In the original Greek conception, Oceanus was: - Answer-A great flowing river

Establish a center at sagres for the study of Marine science and navigation - captains
under his patronage compiled detailed charts - Answer-Prince Henry the navigator

Invented a chronometer that was governed not by a pendulum but by a spring - allowed
for the much more accurate navigation - Answer-John Harrison

Commanded the greatest fleet in the world - led seven missions to explore the Indian
Ocean, Indonesia, and around the tip of Africa into the Atlantic to display the wealth and
power of his country - Answer-Admiral Zheng

Ship board clock - Answer-Chronometer

Discovered by the Chinese - thought to be of the devil by some Europeans - Answer-
Compass

Ancient method used to find the depth of water - Answer-Sounding

Measured north - south from the equator - Answer-Longitude

, Measured East - West from a selected point - Answer-Latitude

Electronic method of studying the depth and contour of the seafloor - Answer-Echo
sounder

Map of the water - Answer-Chart

The word oceanography was first coined in association with: - Answer-The Challenger
expedition

The voyages of James Cook differ from those of sea explorers before him because -
Answer-They have science and exploration as their only goals

The invention of the_____ and 1735 was a major breakthrough for open ocean
navigation - Answer-Chronometer

Eratosthenes' two major contributions were - Answer-The latitude/Longitude system and
calculating the earth's circumference

The records and Artifacts returned by the United States exploring expedition formed the
nucleus of the scientific collection of: - Answer-The Smithsonian institution

About what percentage of errors surface is covered by water - Answer-71%

The main contribution of Chinese voyaging to Marine science was: - Answer-Indirect:
they contributed technological tools such as the compass, battened sails, and watertight
hull compartmentalization

In the original Greek conception, Oceanus was: - Answer-A great flowing river

By the year 1125, the Chinese had invented - Answer-The compass

The world ocean - Answer-Is the dominant feature of Earth and most of it's living
organisms

Who is the father of physical oceanography? - Answer-Matthew Maury

I parallel is another name for_____. The 0° parallel is called_____. - Answer-Latitude
line, the equator

Oceanography is the science of - Answer-Recording and describing the oceans
processes and contents

This man with the first to publish a reasonably accurate chart of an ocean current: -
Answer-Benjamin Franklin

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