Aquatics Vocab Ch 2

Greek scholar and librarian of Alexandria who first calculated the circumference of the earth about 230 BCE

Published the first chart of an ocean current in 1769

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-6

Satellite-based navigation system that provides a geographical position longitude and latitude accurate to less than 1 m

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NGSS.MS-ETS1-4

NGSS.MS-PS4-2

British clockmaker who invented the modern chronometer in 1700

Regularly spaced imaginary lines on Earth's surface running parallel to the equator

Portuguese Navigator in the service of Spain who led the first expedition to circumnavigate Earth he was killed in the Philippines

An American naval officer and strategist the influential author of The Influence of Seapower upon History

Father of physical oceanography probably the first person to undertake the systematic study of the ocean as a full-time occupation probably the first to understand the global interlocking of currents wind flow and weather

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-5

NGSS.MS-ESS2-6

German Atlantic Expedition began in 1925 the first to use Echo Sounder and other modern Optical and electronic instrumentation

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NGSS.MS-ETS1-1

The agency of the US government primarily responsible for Oceanic science service and stewardship

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-4