Explorers/Scientists
These people traveled in longboats and discovered North America 500 years before Columbus
Who were the "vikings"
Salinity, Dissolved gases and Nutrients are all examples of this type of oceanography.
what is "chemical oceanography"
This is the area of greatest density and diversity of marine life
What is the "Neritic Zone"
These are two important elements of weather and climate
What are "Precipitation and temperature"
In 4000 BC, these people created the first sailing vessel
Who are the "Egyptians"
This is when the highest part, or crest of the wave reaches a particular location.
What is "high tide"
This is the Area between high tide line and low tide line
What is "Intertidal zone"
Most solar energy reaching the Earth appear as these type of waves.
What is "Electromagnetic radiation"
He was an Italian scientist who became the first person to use a telescope to observe the sky. His discoveries supported Copernicus’ ideas, with the most famous
Who was "Galileo"
This is when the sun, moon, and Earth are in alignment (at the time of the new or full moon), the solar tide has an additive effect on the lunar tide, creating extra-high high tides
What are "spring tides"
This zone is known as the Aphotic zone or Midnight Zone. It is where there is no sunlight; has the lowest density and lowest marine organisms and is from 1,000 m down to 4,000 m deep.
What is the "Bathypelagic Zone"
This is a region (depression or cyclone) is caused by rising air, brings Clouds, rain, and very strong winds.
What is "low pressure"
This man was credited with being the first around the world… though while on voyage, he was killed in the Philippines in 1521. However, the 18 members left of his Crew finished the voyage in 1522.
Who was "Magellan"
Wave height is affected by these three things.
What are "fetch, wind speed, and wind direction"
This zone is the Ocean Floor and underlies all the other zones.
What is the "benthic zone"
This is the state of the atmosphere at a given time and place; temporary, small geographic region and can change rapidly.
What is "weather"
He settled the first European Colony in Panama. He crossed the Isthmus of Panama to the Pacific Ocean in 1513. He became the first European to lead an expedition known to have seen or reached the Pacific from the New World.
Who was "balboa"
Reptiles, mammals, fish, arthropods and mollusks are all classified as what basic life style.
What are "nekton or free swimming"
This zone is the also known as the photic zone or sunlight zone, therefore it has enough sunlight for photosynthesis. It is the primary area of food production.
What is the "Epipelagic zone"
This is the transfer of thermal energy between objects when their atoms or molecules collide. Can occur in solids and liquids.
What is "conduction"