Intro to Oceanography

the science of recording and describing the ocean’s contents and processes.

this mapping system is used to identify specific locations on the Earth’s surface

• Global Positioning System (GPS)

• Sound Navigation and Ranging (SONAR)

• Longitude/Latitude

• Ancient Seafaring

Father of Physical Oceanography

• Charles Wilkes

• Matthew Maury

• Sir John Murray

• Captain James Cook

Method which bounces sound waves off the ocean floor, is used to study depth and shape of the seafloor

• Global Positioning System (GPS)

• Sound Navigation and Ranging (SONAR)

• Longitude/Latitude

• Submarine

listed are the world's major oceans, EXCEPT

• Arctic Ocean

• Atlantic Ocean

• Antarctic Ocean

• Mediterranean Ocean

the smallest and shallowest ocean

• Arctic Ocean

• Atlantic Ocean

• Antarctic Ocean

• Indian Ocean

the deepest and largest ocean

• Southern Ocean

• Antarctic Ocean

• Pacific Ocean

• Indian Ocean

English philosopher writer who noted that the coasts of the continents on opposite sides if the Atlantic fit together like pieces of a puzzle

• Matthew Maury

• Captain James Cook

• Alfred Wegener

• Francis Bacon

The ocean covers __% of the Earth’s Surface

He proposed a startling and original theory called the Continental Drift Theory

• Matthew Maury

• Sir John Murray

• Francis Bacon

• Alfred Wegener