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WorksheetsOceanography: Navigation and water chemistry
Total questions: 16
Worksheet time: 8mins
What is a chip log used for?
Navigational tool to track speed through water
Navigational tool to estimate depth
Navigational tool to use a portable time standard
Navigational tool that could read the stars
What is a lead line used for?
Navigational tool to track speed through water
Navigational tool to estimate depth
Navigational tool to use a portable time standard
Navigational tool that could read the stars
What ship did Charles Darwin sail on?
H.M.S Challenger
St. Clarise
The Beagle
The John Cabot
What did Matthew Fontaine Maury do to contribute to oceanography as a science?
Created a published work to show sailors how to use ocean currents and wind to significantly shorten the length of their voyages
Created a published work to show sailors how to use the correct maneuvers to captain a ship
Created a published work to show sailors how to use ocean currents and wind to lengthen their voyages
He was appointed to captain during the Civil War and went ot England to acquire warships and supplies.
Who first charted the Gulf Stream?
Matthew Maury
Charles Darwin
Hipparchus
Benjamin Franklin
What are some special properties of water?
Changes in state of matter
High heat of vaporization
All answers are correct
None of the answers are correct
Universal solvent
Which is the most viscous?
Water
Syrup
Air
Pickle juice
What is the most efficient way to sail upwind?
Sail directly into the wind
You cannot sail upwind
Sail downwind
Zigzag your boat slightly
What is buoyancy?
The movement of an object up and down
The ability to float in water, air, or any other fluid
The measurement of an object ability to bounce.
The tendency for an object to move past a current
Where did Vasco da Gama sail and what year?
To India 1497
To Africa 1494
To Austrailia 1436
To India 1588
What was the route for Leif Erikson?
What country sits above China?
America
Turkey
Australia
Russia
What is the largest ocean?
Pacific
Atlantic
Southern
Arctic
Indian
Who was the first French explorer?
Samuel de Champlain
Rene Cavelier
Jacques Cartier
Ponce De Leon
What type of ship was used by the Europeans?
Junk
Double canoe
Caravel
None of these are correct
What route did Magellan take?
