Intro to Marine Science

How much of the Earth is covered by oceans?

• 85%

• 70%

• 75%

• 90%

How much of the oceans have been explored?

• 5%

• 6%

• 10%

• 7%

How many oceans are there?

• 4

• 3

• 6

• 5

What are the names of some of the oceans?

• Atlantic

• Pacific

• Gulf of Mexico

• Southern

• Arctic

Who were some of the earliest explorers

• Phoenicians

• Polynesians

• Greeks

• The British

What was something that Greeks discovered?

• Magnetic compass

• 1st latitude and longitude system

• Rutters for boats

• maps of ocean currents

What was something the Chinese discovered?

• Tides based on moon phases

• North america

• Earth's circumference

• magnetic compass

Why is Matthew Maury called the father of oceanography?

• He wrote the 1st textbook on Marine Science

• created shipping lane charts

• discovered how to make ships waterproof

• He discovered North America

Charles Darwin sailed on the HMS Beagle in (a)  

The Atlantis was built in.....

• 1832

• 1835

• 1831

• 1837