Exploring Above
The people who used birds, waves and clouds to discover and map new lands.
Someone who studies or explores the aquatic environment
What is an aquanaut?
Of the available water on planet Earth, only this percentage is fresh...
What is 3%?
The measurement of salt in a body of water is known as?
What is salinity?
All of the non-living factors in an ecosystem.
What are abiotic factors?
The people who created the first compass.
Who are the Chinese?
Famous for creating the diving bell and set a world record for the longest and deepest dive.
Who is Edmund Halley?
The average depth of the World's oceans are how deep?
What is 2.2 miles?
The unit in which salinity is measured.
What is parts per thousand or ppt?
All the living factors in an ecosystem.
What are biotic factors?
Magellan and de Cano were the first explores to..?
What is circumnavigate the globe?
Well known for creating the world's first oxygen rebreather.
Who is Henery Fluess?
The majority of the Earth's freshwater is unavailable because it is...?
What is frozen?
A body of water with 22 parts per thousand would be considered which type of aquatic environment?
What is Brackish?
The zone where the Ocean floor is located.
What is the benthic zone?
Who was famous for using the world's first Marine Chronograph to calculate longitude.
Who is James Cooke?
While his work crossed moral boundaries it is also responsible for the modern dive tables.
Who is JBS Haldane?
This type of water usage is used by you in your everyday life, including brushing your teeth, showering, cooking, ect...
What is direct water usage?
The Ocean's average salinity?
What is 3.5% or 35 parts per thousand.
The zone which falls between high and low tide.
What is the intertidal zone?
Who is this famous explorer who was famous for saving his entire crew during their doomed Antarctic expedition.
Who was Shackleton?
These two men are known for being the first to visit the bottom of the Mariana Trench, the deepest part of our ocean.
Who are Don Walsh and Jacques Piccard?
This controls the distribution of water on planet Earth.
What is the water cycle?
A body of water with 0 parts per thousand is considered which type of aquatic environment?
What is freshwater?
The zone in the Ocean which sunlight penetrates through.
What is the photic zone?