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Intro to Marine Science

Total questions: 20

Worksheet time: 12mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

How much of the Earth is covered by oceans?

a)

85%

b)

70%

c)

75%

d)

90%

2.

How much of the oceans have been explored?

a)

5%

b)

6%

c)

10%

d)

7%

3.

How many oceans are there?

a)

4

b)

3

c)

6

d)

5

4.

What are the names of some of the oceans?

a)

Atlantic

b)

Pacific

c)

Gulf of Mexico

d)

Southern

e)

Arctic

5.

Who were some of the earliest explorers

a)

Phoenicians

b)

Polynesians

c)

Greeks

d)

The British

6.

What was something that Greeks discovered?

a)

Magnetic compass

b)

1st latitude and longitude system

c)

Rutters for boats

d)

maps of ocean currents

7.

What was something the Chinese discovered?

a)

Tides based on moon phases

b)

North america

c)

Earth's circumference

d)

magnetic compass

8.

Why is Matthew Maury called the father of oceanography?

a)

He wrote the 1st textbook on Marine Science

b)

created shipping lane charts

c)

discovered how to make ships waterproof

d)

He discovered North America

9.

Charles Darwin sailed on the HMS Beagle in (a)  

10.

The Atlantis was built in.....

a)

1832

b)

1835

c)

1831

d)

1837

11.

How many degrees of latitude is the equator?

a)

0

b)

10

c)

30

d)

45

12.

What is the name of 0 degrees of longitude?

a)

Equator

b)

Tropic of Cancer

c)

Prime Meridian

d)

Tropic of Capricorn

13.

What was one of the discoveries in Marine Science in the 20th Century?

a)

Magnetic Compass

b)

Waterproofing for ships

c)

Navigation techniques

d)

Submersibles

14.

Type of Submersibles.

a)

Bathyscape

b)

Remote Operated Vehicle

c)

Bathysphere

d)

Autonomous Underwater Vehicle

15.

Jacques Cousteau created the first Scuba Gear in....

a)

1943

b)

1941

c)

1940

d)

1945

16.

An untethered robot used to explore underwater locations

a)

bathysphere

b)

Remote Operated Vehicle

c)

Autonomous Underwater Vehicle

d)

Bathyscape

17.

The United States are located in which two hemispheres.

a)

South, West

b)

North East

c)

South, East

d)

North, West

18.

The oceans absorb the most of which two gases...

a)

Carbon Dioxide

b)

Nitrogen

c)

Methane

d)

Oxygen

19.

Which countries did the Vikings travel to....

a)

Jamaica

b)

Iceland

c)

Ireland

d)

Russia

20.

When did Phil Nuytten create the Newt suit?

a)

1987

b)

1986

c)

1983

d)

1985