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Who's He?
What is that?
ACRONYMS and Abbreviations
Wind and Waves
Is it this or is it that?
100
Who discovered the "New World" in 1492?
Christopher Columbus
100
What is the scientific study of plants, animals, and other organisms?
Marine Biology
100
What is sound navigation and ranging?
SONAR
100
A series of vibrations, pulses, or undulations in a medium, such as water, air, or radiation is called a _____.
wave
100
Adhesion or Cohesion: If something sticks to OTHER things. For example, a tree frog.
Adhesion
200
Who is associated with natural selection?
Charles Darwin
200
A hypothesis that has passed so many tests that is generally regarded as true
Theory
200
Salinity is the total amount of salt dissolved in seawater and it is measured in ppt. What does "ppt" stand for?
parts per thousand
200
A Centrifugal Force is from when the _____ and the _____ revolve around one another.
Earth and Moon
200
Oceanic or Continental: Which type of crust is thinner, heavier, and the oldest piece is 200 million years old?
Oceanic
300
What did Ferdinand Magellan do in 1519?
Sailed the globe
300
Study of the physical ocean
Oceanography
300
Pressure= 1 million ATM. What does ATM stand for?
Atmosphere
300
According to Coriolis deflection, the wind is deflected in a certain direction depending on which hemisphere you are on. If you are on the Northern Hemisphere, is the wind deflected to the right of the left?
Deflected to the right (Southern Hemisphere= deflected to the right)
300
Spring Tide or Neap Tide: Phase when tidal range is minimal
Neap Tide
400
This Viking is credited with discovering "Vinland" (otherwise known as North America).
Leif Erikson
400
What is the name of the underwater robot that takes photos, samples, and measurements?
ROV
400
These are caused by sudden shifting of the sea bed and are also known as seismic sea waves.
Tsunamis
400
Diurnal, Semidiurnal, or Mixed: For the daily tide cycles, there were two higher tides and two lower tides. However, successive high and low tides were unequal.
Mixed
500
This man was an English Sea Captain, did scientific observations of all oceans, was killed by Hawaiians, and had a full time "Naturalist" in his crew.
James Cook
500
What does SCUBA stand for?
Self Contained Underwater Breathing Apparatus
500
Match these: 1. Wave trough 2. Wave crest 3. Wave height 4. Wave length a. distance from crest to trough b. peak c. valley d. distance from crest to crest and trough to trough
c. b. a. d.
500
Surf or Swell: Flatter rounded crest and trough
Swell