Explorers
Equipment
Ocean Vehicles
Marine Science Basics
Scientific Method
100
Made the first sketches of marine life.
Aristotle.
100
Pulled behind a boat. Used to sample organisms living on the sea bed.
Trawl net.
100
This is an example of what type vehicle?
HOV
100
Marine science is the combination of what other sciences?
Marine Biology and Oceanography.
100
The critical part of the scientific method.
Observation
200
Made detailed sketches aboard the HMS Beagle. He described how coral reefs form.
Charles Darwin
200
A net used to catch organisms living on the bottom in shallow water.
Seine net.
200
This vehicle has both a limited depth and limited sample capacity but is less expensive to use than similar equipment.
ROV
200
The study of the physical and biological properties of the ocean.
Oceanography.
200
A factor that affects an observation.
Variable.
300
This voyage was the first true ocean research expedition resulting in 50 volumes of data.
HMS Challenger expedition.
300
Device used to sample organisms living in the sediment.
Grab.
300
What type of vehicle is this?
AUV
300
The study of calcareous plankton drifting in the ocean is part of which science.
Marine Biology.
300
A group in an experiment where no change is made.
Control group.
400
His main mission was to chart the landmasses for Britain but he brought along botanist who collected and drew organisms along the way.
James Cook.
400
This device is pulled behind a boat and digs into the surface of the bottom.
Dredge.
400
AUV's and instruments in the water can bounce signals to satellites which can the been observed on computers around the world. This type of science is known as what?
Remote Sensing.
400
This organism helps support the theory that all live began in the ocean. They are our oldest evidence of life on the planet.
Stromatolites.
400
Using observation to arrive at a general principle
Inductive reasoning
500
This group of people were the first to start navigating the sea. They had trade routes through the Mediterranean Sea.
The Phoenicians.
500
This is the common name of the tarantula in the room (it's not Timmy).
Mexican red leg.
500
This sub dove to the deepest part of the ocean and was piloted by the author James Cameron.
The Deepsea Challenger.
500
The oldest marine lab in the United States that is still in operation today.
Woods Hole Institute.
500
A explanation of a set of observations backed by the testing of many hypothesis.
Scientific Theory.