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100
This is the largest ocean on the planet.
What is the Pacific Ocean?
100
The earliest recorded sea voyage was made by the ______ in approximately __________.
Who were the Egyptians in 3200 BC?
100
Discovered Australia, New Zealand, and the Hawaiian Islands
Who is James Cook?
100
This person calculated the Earth's circumference and provided the first latitude/longitude system.
Who is Eratosthenes?
100
Another name for a longitude line.
What is a meridian?
200
The ocean that separates Europe from the Americas
What is the Atlantic Ocean?
200
The first person to circumnavigate the globe.
Who is Magellan?
200
During this expedition, Antarctica was discovered.
What is the U. S. Exploration Expedition?
200
This deep sea diving vessel can only move vertically
What is a bathysphere?
200
They engaged in the earliest known open ocean seafaring beyond sight of land.
Who are the Polynesians?
300
This ocean stretches from Africa to Australia
What is the Indian Ocean?
300
The first European to recognize that South America was a new continent.
Who is Vespucci?
300
The accuracy of Captain James Cook's voyages was made possible by the invention of this device.
What is the chronometer?
300
AUV
What is an Autonomous Underwater Vehicle?
300
An educated guess that is testable.
What is a hypothesis?
400
This ocean is found near the top of the planet.
What is the Arctic Ocean?
400
He is credited with discovering the Pacific Ocean.
Who is Balboa?
400
This expedition successfully mapped the floor of the Atlantic in the early part of the 20th Century.
What is the German Meteor Expedition?
400
This oceanic expedition is the first devoted entirely to marine science.
What is the Challenger Expedition?
400
He founded the U.S. Naval Academy, published The Physical Geography of the Sea and set international standards for ocean exploration and meteorology
Who is Matthew Maury?
500
This ocean is below 60 degrees S latitude
What is the Southern Ocean?
500
This explorer sailed from Asia to Africa for the Emporer of China.
Who is Zheng He?
500
This expedition discovered the deepest known point in the ocean.
What is the Challenger II Expedition?
500
The technology used by the Meteor Expedition to map the ocean floor.
What is echo sounding?
500
Developed by Jacques Cousteau and Emile Gagnan in 1943
What is the first practical SCUBA system?