BIOLOGY
Unlike the stingray this devilfish doesn't have a stinger in its tail.
This zone in the upper part of the ocean is the layer in which density changes rapidly with a corresponding change in depth.
What is a pycnocline?
This expedition is commonly recognized as the first devoted entirely to marine science.
What is the Challenger Expedition?
This Steven Spielberg film, released in 1975, features a deadly shark terrorizing beach goers in a fictional New England town.
What is Jaws?
This submarine has been used to collect information for nearly 2,000 scientific papers and explore the Titanic.
What is Alvin?
This colorful tide occurs in warm waters when there is an increase of protozoa called dinoflagellates.
What is a red tide?
This region in the ocean is where very little sound energy penetrates.
What is the SOFAR channel?
This explorer led the second expedition around the world from 1577 to 1580.
Who is Sir Francis Drake?
The objective of this fun card game is to collect the most four-of-a-kind sets by taking cards from other players or from the pond.
What is Go Fish?
This navigation technique uses sound propagation to detect objects and communicate underwater.
What is SONAR?
Since it is lighter than water, the oil mainly in this organ prevents sharks from sinking.
What is the liver?
This chemical characteristic causes solid objects to stay supported on a cohesive network of water molecules.
What is hydrogen bonding?
This invention created in 1735 was a major breakthrough for open ocean navigation.
What is the chronometer?
This friendly shark is famous for the line "Fish are friends, not food."
Who is Bruce?
Scientist Jacques Cousteau helped develop this open-circuit underwater breathing apparatus that became the first commercially successful diving regulator.
What is the aqua lung?
Barnacles were once classified as mollusks but now are included in this class along with crayfish.
This chemical compound dissolves from marine animals and serves as a buffer to balance the pH of ocean water.
What is calcium carbonate?
What is the R/V Atlantis?
In ancient Japanese mythology, this marine creature is responsible for causing earthquakes.
What is a catfish?
Operated by the United States Commission of Fish and Fisheries (later the Bureau of Fisheries), this was the first ship built for the promotion of fisheries research.
What is the USFC Fish Hawk?
A species of this 10-armed animal is the largest invertebrate reaching a length of over 50 feet.
What is a squid?
This method is used to measure salinity and total dissolved solids by measuring how well a current of electrons moves through the solution.
What is electrical conductivity?
Before he found the RMS Titanic in 1985, this oceanographer and retired American Navy officer discovered hydrothermal vents in the Galapagos Rift.
Who is Dr. Robert Ballard?
In "Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea" by Jules Verne, this ship captain leads the crews onboard the submarine Nautilus.
Who is Captain Nemo?
Often noted as the first diver, this Greek used a hallow reed to escape the Persians in 500 BC.
Who is Scyllis?