Key Terms
This calculates the distance to an object.
What is Sonar?
I'm a modern Scientist, why do I study and explore the ocean?
Modern Scientist study the ocean for characteristics of the ocean's waters and floor.
We lived along the Mediterranean Sea and were one of the earliest cultures to explore the oceans.
Who were the Phoenicians?
I'm about the size of a small car and I am controlled by a computer aboard a ship at the surface of the ocean.
Deep waters hide my mountain ranges and canyons which are taller and deeper than any found on land.
What is the Ocean Floor?
I'm a gently sloping, shallow area of the ocean floor extending outward from the edge of a continent.
What is the Ocean Floor?
I'm an Ancient Scientist, why do I study the ocean.
Ancient Scientist studied the ocean for food, trade, and travel routes.
We boldly sailed into the open ocean to study wind and currents. This later inabled us to settle the Hawaii Islands.
Who are the Phoenicians?
In 2003, I was new to the scene and a new type of submersible. I can go faster and maneuver easily. My passengers can see more too.
What is a Deep Flight Aviator?
As a mountain, my peak does not break the surface of the ocean.
What is a seamount?
At the depth of 130 meetes, I get steeper.
What is the Continental Slope.
I contain compressed air which allows people to swim and explore to a depth of 40 meters.
What is SCUBA gear?
With this, one can scrape sand, muck, and rock from the ocean floor.
What is a dredge?
I study the oceans while in space.
What is a Seasat?
I was formed from cooled lava after a volcano exploed.
What is a volcanic island?
I consist of many peaks along both siodes of a central valley.
What is a Mid-Ocean Ridge?
I'm SCUBA, which stands for....
What is Self Contained Under Water Breathing Apparatus?
The crew aboard this British ship gathered enough data to fill 50 volumes and collected more than 4000 new organisms in 1872.
What was the British ship the HMS Challenger?
I was hired by the British Government to lead three exploration voyages. Within a century of my first voyage, scientist had mapped almost all of Earth's coastlines.
Who was Captain James Cook?
I'm a broad area covered with thick layers of mud and slit, also I'm smooth and nearly flat.
What is an abyssal plain?
These canyons include Earth's deepest points.
What are Trenches?
I protect explores who want to travel far below the ocean surface with a thick metal hull?
What is a Submersible?
My voyage was so successful that I was a model for future ocean exporation.
Who/What was the HMS Challenger?
Sunlight does not reach me, so I am in total darness. It is cold here and the mass of water pushing down from above causes tremendous presure.
What is deep ocean water?
I'm a continuous range of mountains that winds around Earth much like stitches wind around a baseball.
What is the mid-ocean ridge?