History of Marine Science

Who explored all the oceans in three voyages between 1768 and 1779?

• Edward Forbes

• James Cook

• Charles Darwin

• Claudius Ptolemy

Who developed the Theory of Evolution?

• Charles Darwin

• Edward Forbes

• The Greek Pytheas

• James Cook

Who developed one of the first world maps?

• The Greek Pytheas

• Claudius Ptolemy

• Eratosthenes

• James Cook

Who established the first latitude/longitude system?

• Eratosthenes

• The Greek Pytheas

• Edward Forbes

• Claudius Ptolemy

___________________________ used the North Star to navigate.

• The Greek Pytheas

• James Cook

• Charles Darwin

• Eratosthenes

_______________________ discovered many unknown organisms and explored the seafloor.

• James Cook

• Edward Forbes

• Charles Darwin

• Ferdinand Magellan

Why is it important to learn about the ocean?

• It offers food.

• It offers recreation.

• It offers a way to travel.

• It offers medicine.

What was the flaw in using the North Star as a means of navigation?

• It could only tack longitude, not latitude.

• It could only track latitude, not longitude.

• It couldn't track longitude or latitude.

• There were no flaws, it is still an effective way to navigate.

Who was the first to have a sea voyage recorded in history?

• Phoenicians

• Egyptians

• Polynesians

• Greek

What was the mission of the H.M.S. Beagle?

• To discover new species.

• To explore the seafloor.

• To map coastlines.

• To collect water samples from different oceans.