Quiz: Oceanic Exploration
Authored by Gilbert Bantay
Science
10th - 12th Grade
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1.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
20 sec • 1 pt
Phoenicians...
Predicted different types of plant and animal life at different depths of the ocean. Introduced the idea of dredging.
(Mathematician) predicted the circumference of the Earth
Created by Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution and can carry up to 3 passengers to great depths (14,764 ft.)
Navigated and traded around Mediterranean Sea, Indian Ocean, Red Sea, and Africa; 2000BC.
2.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
20 sec • 1 pt
Eratosthenes...
Ship-borne warriors and traders of the north (Norsemen) who went on expeditions to explore the Americas, Iceland, Greenland.
Predicted different types of plant and animal life at different depths of the ocean. Introduced the idea of dredging.
Mathematician) predicted the circumference of the Earth.
Created by Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution and can carry up to 3 passengers to great depths (14,764 ft.)
3.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
20 sec • 1 pt
Romans...
Studied and noted the phenomenon of erosion and researched and documented the water cycle.
1700's A British navigator who discovered the Hawaiian Islands. Is considered the best cartographer and reckless
navigator of his time.
Settles the first European Colony in Panama.
England's Royal Society obtained the use of this vessel to study sea floor characteristics, chemical composition of sea water and life at all levels.
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4.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
20 sec • 1 pt
Vikings...
Attempts to reach East Indies
by sailing west because Eastern routes were blocked. He crossed the Atlantic and
"found" the Americas.
Ship-borne warriors and traders of the north (Norsemen) who went on expeditions to explore the Americas, Iceland, Greenland.
Predicted different types of plant and animal life at different depths of the ocean. Introduced the idea of dredging.
(Mathematician) predicted the circumference of the Earth.
5.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
20 sec • 1 pt
Columbus...
Attempts to reach East Indies by sailing west because Eastern
routes were blocked. He crossed the Atlantic and "found" the Americas.
Ship-borne warriors and traders of the north (Norsemen) who went on expeditions to explore the Americas, Iceland, Greenland.
Predicted different types of plant and animal life at different depths of the ocean. Introduced the idea of dredging.
(Mathematician) predicted the circumference of the Earth.
6.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
20 sec • 1 pt
Balboa...
1700's A British navigator who discovered the Hawaiian Islands. Is considered the best cartographer and reckless
navigator of his time.
Settles the first European Colony in Panama.
England's Royal Society obtained the use of this vessel to study sea floor characteristics, chemical composition of sea water and life at all levels.
Was credited with being the first around the world... though while on voyage, he was killed in the Philippines in 1521.
7.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
20 sec • 1 pt
Magellan...
Was credited with being the first around the world... though while on voyage, he was killed in the Philippines in 1521.
Attempts to reach East Indies by sailing west because Eastern routes were blocked. He crossed the Atlantic and “found" the Americas.
Ship-borne warriors and traders of the north (Norsemen) who went on expeditions to explore the Americas, Iceland, Greenland.
Predicted different types of plant and animal life at different depths of the ocean. Introduced the idea of dredging
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