Vocabulary
the branch of science that deals with the physical and biological properties and phenomena of the sea.
Oceanography
In Small-area Sampling scientists will sample and measure at multiple depths at one or more locations far from each other.
False
What percent of the earth is the ocean?
70%
During what age did explorers intended to create trade routes and return wealth to their nation, rather than scientifically studying the ocean?
A)Exploration B)Creation C) Discovery
C)Discovery
A large, bell-shaped submersible lowered from a ship in order to explore to explore or to work on sea bottom.
Diving Bell
Ocean exploration is a part of oceanography describing the exploration of ocean surfaces.
True
Where are most oceanographers employed by?
Universities and government agencies
What was the first global deep sea scientific voyage that focused on describing the ocean basins and marine life within the ocean depths?
A)Titanic B)Challenger C) Lewis and Clark
B)Challenger
A diving system used for extremely deep dives that reduce the medical hazards of breathing normal air under high pressures.
Mixed-gas diving
Exploration of the ocean started approximately between a few decades after the Biblical Flood.
False
What are the basic ocean observations?
depth sounding, water sampling, measuring water clarity, biologic samples, and Sediment Cores.
Who convinced Great Britain's government to fund the Challenger expedition?
A)Jonathan Lewis B)Charles Wyville Thomson
B)Charles Wyville Thomson
a manned spherical chamber for deep-sea observation, lowered by cable from a ship.
Bathysphere
Submersibles are Unmanned Undersea Vehicles (UUV).
False
What are the two basic approaches to exploring the ocean?
They sample data at a single point from surface to bottom and they try to look at why areas of the ocean all at once.
What is a deep-diving manned submarine that is self-propelled?
A)Remotely operated vehicle B)Autonomous undersea vehicle C)Unmanned undersea vehicle D)Deep submergence vehicle
D) Deep submergence vehicle