Oceanography

What is the study of the oceans and seas?

• Oceanology

• Oceanography

• Marine Science

• Geology

Field of oceanography that would measure the particles and makeup of the seawater such as salinity and pH.

• physical oceanography

• biological oceanography

• geological oceanography

• chemical oceanography

Field of oceanography that studies the ocean tides and currents as well as the different layers of the ocean.

• chemical oceanography

• physical oceanography

• biological oceanography

• geological oceanography

Mineral extractions, seafloor spreading and mapping, and hydrothermal vents would be studied in this field.

• chemical oceanography

• geological oceanography

• biological oceanography

• physical oceanography

Who is considered the father of oceanography and wrote the first textbook on Oceanography "The Physical Geography of the Sea"?

• Ben Franklin

• Jack Trieste

• Matthew Maury

• Charles Darwin

All of the following are pieces of oceanographic equipment used to take measurements and samples EXCEPT . . .

• Doppler radar

• magnetometer

• echo sounder / sonar

• bottom sampler

Scripps Institute of Oceanography is located in . . .

• San Diego

• Massachusetts

• Palisades

• Seattle

What is the main advantage of a ROV/AUV over a submersible?

• small and maneuverable

• withstand great amount of pressure

• safe to navigate and handle

• all of the above

• none of the above

Trieste is famous for . . .

• going to the deepest place in the ocean, the Marianas trench.

• discovering the first hydrothermal vents.

• discovering the location of the Titanic.

• collecting data and specimens over a 40 month voyage.

What famous person also made a decent to the deepest part of the ocean?

• Jacques Cousteau

• Matthew Maury

• Jack Trieste

• James Cameron