Wind, waves and swell

Mankind has been greatly interested in the oceans since before the time of Aristotle who wrote treatise on marine biology in the 4th century BC. What is meant by "mankind"?

Mankind has been greatly interested in the oceans since before the time of Aristotle who wrote a treatise on marine biology in the 4th century BC. What is the meaning of "treatise"?

• a serious book or article about a particular subject

• a song

• a poem

• catalogue of sea creatures

Mankind has been greatly interested in the oceans since before the time of Aristotle who wrote treatise on marine biology in the 4th century BC. What is the meaning of "BC"?

• Before Christ (or Before the Common Era (BCE)

• Anno Domini (or Common Era (CE))

• It has no meaning.

• It means "a very long time ago"

Aristotle ...

• lived 384 - 322 bce and was one of the greatest intellectual figures of Western history

• studied at Plato's academy in Athens

• was an ancient Greek philosopher and scientist (polymath)

• tutored Alexander the Great

The volume o all land above sea level is only ____ of the volume of the oceans.

• 1/18th

• 1/20th

• 1/3rd

• 1/14th

Benjamin Franklin (1706-1790) was the first to refer to the _____ as a “river in the ocean.” Franklin promoted using the Gulf Stream to speed up delivery of mail from America to Europe, as well as to improve other commercial shipping.

• Gulf Stream

• North Equatorial Current

• North Atlantic Current

• Canary Current

Benjamin Franklin (1706-1790) prepared temperature tables by means of which navigators could determine whether or not they were in the _____.

• Gulf Stream

• California Current

• Kuroshio Current

• Agulhas Current

In 1872 HMS Challenger made her first ____ station on a 3-year round-the world cruise.

• oceanographic

• hydrographic

• meteorologic

• geographic

In 1872 HMS Challenger made her first oceanographic station on a 3-year round-the world cruise. It proved for the first time that the various constituents of ____ in sea water are in the same proportion everywhere.

• salts

• fish

• waste

• micro-organisms

Oceanography includes the disciplines of ___

• physics and chemistry

• meteorology

• geology

• biology