Marine Science - Unit 1 Test Review

Explorer that sailed completely around the Earth

• Christopher Columbus

• Captain James Cook

• Ferdinand Magellan

• Prince Henry the Navigator

Answer explanation

Also known as circumnavigating the globe

Explorer that "discovered" North America

• Christopher Columbus

• Captain James Cook

• Ferdinand Magellan

• Prince Henry the Navigator

Answer explanation

In reality, the Vikings had already been there

Explorer that "discovered" North America

• Christopher Columbus

• Captain James Cook

• Ferdinand Magellan

• Prince Henry the Navigator

Answer explanation

In reality, the Vikings had already been there

Explorer that established a naval academy

• Christopher Columbus

• Captain James Cook

• Ferdinand Magellan

• Prince Henry the Navigator

Answer explanation

He is called the Father of Oceanography

Explorer that mapped the Pacific using the first chronometer. He was the first ocean scientist.

• Christopher Columbus

• Captain James Cook

• Ferdinand Magellan

• Prince Henry the Navigator

Answer explanation

He traveled to many places like Tahiti, New Zealand, the Great Barrier Reef, and Hawaii

Check ALL of the technologies that are human operated

• ROV

• AUV

• Submersible

• Scuba

Answer explanation

AUVs are preprogrammed

This technology uses sound wave reflections to see what is beneath the water (like the ocean floor!)

• ROVs

• AUVs

• Scuba

• Sonar

Answer explanation

Tags

NGSS.MS-PS4-2

This technology is able to explore the deep ocean while still tethered to a research vessel

• ROVs

• AUVs

• Scuba

• Submersible

Answer explanation

ROV stands for remote operated vehicle

This technology is cost effective, portable, and allows for human interaction with the ocean...but it can only go about 100-200 meters below the ocean's surface

• ROVs

• AUVs

• Scuba

• Submersible

Answer explanation

SCUBA stands for self contained breathing apparatus

This technology allows for the device to be pre-programmed to collect samples as it drifts along its path in the ocean

• ROVs

• AUVs

• Scuba

• Submersible

Answer explanation

AUV stands for autonomous underwater vehicle