Ocean Exploration
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1.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
Which of the following would an oceanographer likely not be employed to do?
study the changing patterns of ocean currents
design a recreational car that can go both on roads and in the water
design a deep sea vehicle to explore a mid-ocean ridge for many days at a time
investigate the animals living near black smokers located along a mid-ocean ridge
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NGSS.MS-LS2-4
2.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
The oldest known boat was likely built __________.
around AD 1492
around 1000 BC
some years after the Flood
long before the Flood
3.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
According to your text, what was a significant motivator for the Age of Exploration?
crowded conditions on land
military expansion
trade and accumulation of wealth
all of these
4.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
Who was the first to circumnavigate the world?
Christopher Columbus
Ferdinand Magellan
Edmund Halley
Charles Thompson
5.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
The first true oceanographic expedition, a model for future studies, was conducted by which vessel?
the Atlantis
the Bathysphere
the HMS Challenger
the Trieste
6.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
Who was inspired by the Psalms to make accurate wind and current charts, earning himself the nickname "Pathfinder of the Seas"?
William Beebe
Jacques Cousteau
Ferdinand Magellan
Matthew Maury
7.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
Which of the following types of data would best be collected by a wide-area sampling method?
water temperature at five depths between the surface and bottom
sea surface temperature of the entire Atlantic Ocean
a sediment core from the English Channel
wave height at the entrance to New York harbor
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