EARLY LIFE/DEATH
EDUCATION
CAREER PATH
RESEARCH/DISCOVERIES
100

WHEN DID SYLVIA EARLE DIE?

She is still alive

100

WHAT AGE DID SYLVIA EARLE GRADUATE HIGH SCHOOL?

16

100

WHAT YEARS DID SYLVIA GO ON VOYAGES FOR OCEAN RESEARCH?

1964,1965,1966

100

SYLVIA EARLE HOLDS THE RECORD FOR DOING WHAT?

Deepest walk on the seafloor

200

HOW OLD IS SYLVIA EARLE TODAY?

88 years old

200

AFTER GRADUATING FROM FLORIDA STATE UNIVERSITY WHAT DID SYLVIA BECOME?

a certified scuba diver

200

IN 1965 SHE WAS NAMED RESIDENT DIRECTOR OF WHAT LABORATORY?

The cape haze marine lab in Sarasota, Florida

200

IN THE BAHAMAS IN 1968 WHAT DID SYLVIA DISCOVER?

Undersea sand dunes

300

WHEN WAS SYLVIA EARLE BORN?

August 30, 1935

300

WHAT AGE DID SHE GRADUATE FROM FLORIDA STATE UNIVERSITY?

19

300

WHERE DID SYLVIA START TEACHING IN 1970?

UCLA

300

WHAT DID SYLVIA NAME THE BRIGHT PINK PLANT SHE DISCOVERED UNDERWATER?

The Humbrella Plant

400

WHERE WAS SYLVIA EARLE BORN?

Gibbstown, NJ

400

AT 20 SHE GOT HER MASTERS DEGREE IN ______ AT DUKE?

Botany

400

WHAT WAS SYLVIA EARLE RESPONSIBLE FOR AS CHIEF SCIENTIST OF NOAA?

Safeguarding the health of the nation's waters.

400

WHAT YEAR DID SYLVIA EARLE WALK ON THE SEAFLOOR?

1979

500

HOW DID HER INTEREST IN OCEAN LIFE BEGIN?

When she was little she played with the fish in her backyard pond

500

WHAT YEAR DID SYLVIA EARLE GET HER PH.D. IN BOTANY?

1966

500

WHAT WAS THE NAME OF THE BOOK SYLVIA PUBLISHED?

Sea Change: A Message of the Oceans

500

IN THE COMORO ISLANDS WHAT 3 NEW TYPES OF SEA CREATURES DID SHE FIND?

Sea turtles, Parrotfish, and sea sponges