What is the study of the oceans and seas?
Oceanography

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Science, Biology
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10th - 12th Grade
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Ryan Quinn
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10 questions
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1.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
Oceanology
Oceanography
Marine Science
Geology
2.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
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
3.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
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
4.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
Mineral extractions, seafloor spreading and mapping, and hydrothermal vents would be studied in this field.
chemical oceanography
geological oceanography
biological oceanography
physical oceanography
5.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
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
6.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
All of the following are pieces of oceanographic equipment used to take measurements and samples EXCEPT . . .
Doppler radar
magnetometer
echo sounder / sonar
bottom sampler
7.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
Scripps Institute of Oceanography is located in . . .
San Diego
Massachusetts
Palisades
Seattle
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