Cambridge Marine Science

ROV stands for

• remotely operated vehicle

• remotely operated vesicle

• road operated vehicle

• remotely operation vehicle

What does SCUBA stands for?

• Self Controlled Underwater Breaking Apparatus

• Self Controlled Underwater Breathing Apparatus

• Self Contained Underwater Breaking Apparatus

• Self Contained Underwater Breathing Apparatus

Why is the field of Marine Biology important?

• The ocean supplies a lot of food

• Lots of medicines come from the ocean

• Marine organisms can help predict the affect of human activities

• All answers are correct

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How do marine organisms affect the Earth as a whole?

• They help regulate the climate (remove carbon dioxide from atmosphere)

• They produce more than half of the oxygen in our atmosphere

• They can show us how human activities affect the ocean

• All answers are correct

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What do marine biologists study?

• only the ocean floor

• just marine mammals

• ALL of the organisms in the ocean environment

• only seaweeds and plankton

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If you were researching an anti-venom for sea snakes, what discipline of marine biology would you focus on?

• the chemistry of living things (biochemistry)

• marine botany

• geology

• ecology

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Oceanography is the study of:

• geological properties of the ocean (sea floor, volcanoes, trenches)

• chemical properties of the ocean (density, temperature, pressure)

• Both answers are correct

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What was one of the most significant scientific trips in the history of marine biology?

• Ferdinand Magellan circumnavigating the globe for the first time (or least some of his crew)

• Captain James Cook voyaging multiple times around the Earth (until he met his end in Hawaii)

• The HMS Challenger's three and half years expedition

Sonar is the use of _____________ to "see" in the ocean.

• light

• sound

• cameras

• lasers

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What is the primary focus of Cambridge Marine Science?

• Marine ecosystems and biodiversity

• Deep-sea exploration

• Marine pollution and its effects

• All of the above

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