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What country was Archimedes from?

Greece

100
This person proved the Earth was round.
Ferdinand Magellan
100

What does SCUBA stand for?

Self Contained Underwater Breathing Apparatus

100
In the early times, what were the oceans used for?

Transport and travel

100

What kind of "space"  are you swimming in the ocean?

"Inner"

200

How did Archimedes discover Archimedes principal? 

He was taking a bath and he noticed that water was displaced as he submerged his body in the bathtub.

200

He started his oceanographic observations in the mid-1700's.  He founded the longitude and latitude system and mapped many islands in the South Pacific.

Captain James Cook

200

Edmund Halley created this type of breathing apparatus in the 17th century.

Diving Chamber or "Halley's Chamber"

200

In what year was the first sailing vessel made?

3000 b.c.e.

200

What kind of things did people dive for during ancient times?  Name at least three.

pearls, sponges, black coral, treasures and military operations

300

Floating objects are supported by this upward force.

Buoyancy

300

He learned about the Gulf Stream that travels northeast and across the Atlantic Ocean; ships could travel faster.

Benjamin Franklin

300

This contains heavy boots and air was pumped from the surface through a tube.

Diving suit

300

The earliest recorded trade routes were established by the Phoenicians in about what year?

2000 b.c.e.

300

In what year was glass developed to use as face masks?

2500 b.c.e.

400

A 10 pound floating object displaces 7 pounds of water.  How much is the buoyant force?

7 pounds

400

An 1855 naval officer, he wrote the book The Physical Geography of the Sea, which became a valuable guide in navigation for shipmasters.

Matthew Fontaine Maury

400
In what year was the "aqua-lung" created?

1943

400

These people explored new lands between 800-1100 c.e.

The Vikings

400

What two technologies were used to find the Titanic shipwreck?

Sonar and submersibles

500

A body immersed in a liquid seems to lose weight, and the apparent loss in weight is equal to the weight of what?

Liquid displaced

500

He found the Titanic shipwreck in 1985.

Dr. Robert Ballard

500

What is the deepest a human diver can descend without dying of pressure?

318 meters

500
What is sonar used for?

1)To map the geography of the ocean.  2)To see how close or far away something is.

500

How far apart were the two halves of the Titanic?

600 meters