History of Marine Science

Who explored all the oceans in three voyages between 1768 and 1779?

• Edward Forbes
• James Cook
• Charles Darwin
• Claudius Ptolemy

Who developed the Theory of Evolution?

• The Greek Pytheas
• Charles Darwin
• James Cook
• Edward Forbes

Who developed one of the first world maps?

• James Cook
• Eratosthenes
• Claudius Ptolemy
• The Greek Pytheas

Who established the first latitude/longitude system?

• Claudius Ptolemy
• Eratosthenes
• Hipparchus
• The Greek Pytheas

___________________________ used the North Star to navigate.

• Edward Forbes
• Claudius Ptolemy
• Eratosthenes
• The Greek Pytheas

_______________________ discovered many unknown organisms and explored the seafloor.

• James Cook
• Edward Forbes
• Charles Darwin
• Ferdinand Magellan

Why is it important to learn about the ocean? Choose all

• It offers us food.
• It offers a way to travel
• It offers recreation.
• It offers medicine.

What was the flaw in using the North Star as a means of navigation?

• It could only tack longitude, not latitude.
• It could only track latitude, not longitude.
• It couldn't track longitude or latitude.
• There were no flaws, it is still an effective way to navigate.

Who was the first to have a sea voyage recorded in history?

• Phoenicians
• Polynesians
• Egyptians
• Greeks

What was the mission of the H.M.S. Beagle?

• To discover new species.
• To explore the seafloor.
• To map coastlines.
• To collect water samples from different oceans.