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Which of the following is a good conductor?
What is copper wire.
what are the bands of easterly winds located at the surface and on the pole-ward sides of the Doldrums called?
Trade winds
Of the three schools of strategy, the Naval strategist Alfred Mahan believed most strongly in
Maritime
the vector sum of all the forces acting on an object; also called the resultant force
Net force
The printed sheet that’s is used to plot ships movements is called a
Maneuvering board
What is the phrase that describes the earth’s incline to the sun?
What is the plane of the ecliptic.
What operation was the first major attempt by the allies to take home territory of an axis nation?
Operation husky
The key to America’s offense in the Pacific was:
U.S. intelligence
who was elected president in November 1952
Dwight Eisenhower
The total horizontal travel through which a gun barrel can be moved and fired is called
The arc of train
A costal flood or tsunami-like phenomena of rising water commonly associated with low pressure water systems and the timing of the tides:
What is a storm surge.
an organization in which nations of the world would join together to ensure peace and security for all; created by the Versailles treaty in 1919, then dissolved in April 1946.
League of Nations
The Vietnam war was a classic example of a — imposed by political leaders.
Proxy war
The most strategic spot in the Caribbean Sea is:
Panama Canal
The trajectory of a missle is
It’s path from launch to impact
The two types of electric current are:
The SPUTNIK, EXPLORER, and the MARINER series were names given to the first artificial:
Satellites
what is a Fathometer?
A device which determines sea depth
what is the function of the operations department on a ship?
Refueling operations
An attack meant to damage, seize, or destroy an objective is known as a
Strike
When the USS Maine was sunk by an explosion of unknown origin, it was in what harbor?
Havana, Cuba
Why does the wind blow?
An attempt to achieve balance in atmospheric pressure
How many years does it take Pluto to travel around the Sun?
248
The best knot for bending to a ring, spar, or anything that is round or nearly round is a
Clove hitch
the port right light is red and the starboard side light is green, what rule or rules require these lights?
Both inland and international rules