Ocean, Space and Vocabulary

How much water is there on the earth's surface?

• 1/4

• 2/3

• 3/4

• 4/5

What do underwater explorers need to do their jobs?

• Curiosity and big lungs

• Continuous air supply to breathe and protection from great water pressure.

• Robots and equipment that collapses under pressure

• A boat and a lantern

Who was the first Italian underwater explorer? Hint: He is considered the founder of modern oceanography

• Christopher Columbus

• Luigi Galvani

• Jacques Cousteau

• Luigi Marsigli

The diving suit was invented in_____ by Augustus Siebe. German-born British Engineer

• 1819

• 1981

• 1918

• no idea

What does HMS stand for?

• High Mighty Sails

• Her/His Majesty's Ship

• Hail Majestic Sun

• Hail Mighty Seas

Why is Oceanography important?

• Because we learn useful information, like that the Earth's atmosphere, its weather and its oceans are closely connected.

• It is not that big of a deal, it is too deep to go to the ocean floor anyways.

• Because petroleum and natural gas are often found on the ocean floor

• Beccause it helps us understand climate changes.

Who invented the bathyscaphe in 1947?

• Edward Beebe and Otis Barton

• August Piccard

• Jacques Piccard and Donald Walsh

• Captain George Nares

What is the final frontier?

• The bottom of Marianna's Trench that is deeper than 10,911 m

• Space

• Microscopic world

• Multiverse

What is the name of the first satellite that circled the Earth?

• Explorer 1

• Deep Flight Super Falcon

• Nereus

• Sputnik 1

Who was the first person to travel in space?

• Yuri Gagarin

• Neil Armstrong

• Buzz Aldrin

• Samantha Cristoforetti