Constructing
Social class/ luxuries
Tragic Night
Under Water Discovery
Vocabulary
100
How many years did it take to build the vessel?
3 years
100
How many main social classes were on the Titanic?
Three
100
What day did the Titanic sink?
April 14,1912
100
What was the name of the head scientist involved in the finding of the Titanic?
Robert Ballard
100
True or false, the bow is the back of the boat.
FALSE
200
How much money did it cost to construct the Titanic?
$10,000,000
200
What was the main centerpiece of the Titanic?
The grand staircase.
200
How many people died on the Titanic?
1,517 people
200
True or false, the first glimpse of the sunken ship was shortly after midnight.
True
200
What does the word maiden mean?
First
300
How much did the Titanic weigh?
45,000 tons (90,000,000 pounds)
300
What was one major keypoint in the luxury of the Titnaic?
All classes had furnished rooms and access to dinning rooms.
300
What was the name of the ship that came to rescue the Titanic?
The carpethia
300
What was the name of the ship that Ballard's Team sailed on?
Knorr
300
What is a vessel?
A ship OR large boat
400
What was one of the main inventions engineers put on the Titanic that made the ship seem unsinkable?
Watertight compartments that could keep the ship afloat
400
What percent of third class passengers were immigrants looking to find a new life in America?
78%
400
How many lifeboats did the Titanic have on board?
20 lifeboats, able to hold only half the amount of passengers aboard.
400
What was the name of the underwater robot that Ballard's team used to explore the inside of the Titanic wreckage?
JJ
400
True or false, a boiler is a device used to power a ship's engine.
True!
500
What year did the first construction of the Titanic begin?
1909
500
True or false, there were telephones for every social class on the ship
False, just first class
500
True or false, women and children were prioritized over the men to get on the lifeboats first.
True
500
What part of the ship was lying separate from the rest of the ship on the ocean floor?
The stern
500
What is the official name of a scientist who studies the ocean?
An Oceangrapher