History of Ocean Exploration
What was the most difficult barrier for oceanographers to over come in 332 BC
the need to breathe
What is the modernized test version to measure the temperature of water?
Niskin bottle
mixed-gas diving involved what three gases
hydrogen, helium, oxygen
After what event did Noah's descendants move to present day Iraq
Tower of Babel
What are organisms that flow with the current
pelagic
What is the difference between the Bathysphere and the Bathyscaphes?
Bathysphere was lowered and raised by a cable, and the Bathyscaphes had no connection to the surface
If there was a gap in ocean knowledge, what did artists put on the maps?
sea monsters
Higher scattering of light particles is equivalent to what
Lower water clarity
What does scuba stand for
self-contained underwater breathing apparatus
What was the first method used for exploring the depths of the sea?
diving bell
What transmits ocean data by radio is the most economically friendly
buoys
What was the first to go to the challenger deep
trieste
What is a lock?
small separate room with pressure proof doors
What was developed in WWI to detect enemy submarines and used artificial echolocation
bottom profilers
Modern Deep Submergence Vehicle (DSV)