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Oceanography: Navigation and water chemistry

Total questions: 16

Worksheet time: 8mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What is a chip log used for?

a)

Navigational tool to track speed through water

b)

Navigational tool to estimate depth

c)

Navigational tool to use a portable time standard

d)

Navigational tool that could read the stars

2.

What is a lead line used for?

a)

Navigational tool to track speed through water

b)

Navigational tool to estimate depth

c)

Navigational tool to use a portable time standard

d)

Navigational tool that could read the stars

3.

What ship did Charles Darwin sail on?

a)

H.M.S Challenger

b)

St. Clarise

c)

The Beagle

d)

The John Cabot

4.

What did Matthew Fontaine Maury do to contribute to oceanography as a science?

a)

Created a published work to show sailors how to use ocean currents and wind to significantly shorten the length of their voyages

b)

Created a published work to show sailors how to use the correct maneuvers to captain a ship

c)

Created a published work to show sailors how to use ocean currents and wind to lengthen their voyages

d)

He was appointed to captain during the Civil War and went ot England to acquire warships and supplies.

5.

Who first charted the Gulf Stream?

a)

Matthew Maury

b)

Charles Darwin

c)

Hipparchus

d)

Benjamin Franklin

6.

What are some special properties of water?

a)

Changes in state of matter

b)

High heat of vaporization

c)

All answers are correct

d)

None of the answers are correct

e)

Universal solvent

7.

Which is the most viscous?

a)

Water

b)

Syrup

c)

Air

d)

Pickle juice

8.

What is the most efficient way to sail upwind?

a)

Sail directly into the wind

b)

You cannot sail upwind

c)

Sail downwind

d)

Zigzag your boat slightly

9.

What is buoyancy?

a)

The movement of an object up and down

b)

The ability to float in water, air, or any other fluid

c)

The measurement of an object ability to bounce.

d)

The tendency for an object to move past a current

10.

Where did Vasco da Gama sail and what year?

a)

To India 1497

b)

To Africa 1494

c)

To Austrailia 1436

d)

To India 1588

11.

What was the route for Leif Erikson?

a)
b)
c)
12.

What country sits above China?

a)

America

b)

Turkey

c)

Australia

d)

Russia

13.

What is the largest ocean?

a)

Pacific

b)

Atlantic

c)

Southern

d)

Arctic

e)

Indian

14.

Who was the first French explorer?

a)

Samuel de Champlain

b)

Rene Cavelier

c)

Jacques Cartier

d)

Ponce De Leon

15.

What type of ship was used by the Europeans?

a)

Junk

b)

Double canoe

c)

Caravel

d)

None of these are correct

16.

What route did Magellan take?

a)
b)
c)
d)