Ocean Exploration

Which of the following would an oceanographer likely not be employed to do?

• study the changing patterns of ocean currents

• design a recreational car that can go both on roads and in the water

• design a deep sea vehicle to explore a mid-ocean ridge for many days at a time

• investigate the animals living near black smokers located along a mid-ocean ridge

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The oldest known boat was likely built __________.

• around AD 1492

• around 1000 BC

• some years after the Flood

• long before the Flood

According to your text, what was a significant motivator for the Age of Exploration?

• crowded conditions on land

• military expansion

• trade and accumulation of wealth

• all of these

Who was the first to circumnavigate the world?

• Christopher Columbus

• Ferdinand Magellan

• Edmund Halley

• Charles Thompson

The first true oceanographic expedition, a model for future studies, was conducted by which vessel?

• the Atlantis

• the Bathysphere

• the HMS Challenger

• the Trieste

Who was inspired by the Psalms to make accurate wind and current charts, earning himself the nickname "Pathfinder of the Seas"?

• William Beebe

• Jacques Cousteau

• Ferdinand Magellan

• Matthew Maury

Which of the following types of data would best be collected by a wide-area sampling method?

• water temperature at five depths between the surface and bottom

• sea surface temperature of the entire Atlantic Ocean

• a sediment core from the English Channel

• wave height at the entrance to New York harbor

A sounding will reveal the water's __________.

• depth

• motion

• salinity

• temperature

Water clarity at 1000 m can be measured using __________.

• a Secchi disk

• a photocell

• both a Secchi disk and a photocell

• neither a Secchi disk and a photocell

Yeti crabs live __________.

• in the Himalayas

• at the bottom of the Challenger Deep

• near hydrothermal vents of the mid-Atlantic Ridge

• near the hydrothermal vents of the Pacific-Antarctic Ridge