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WorksheetsHow well do you know Floyd?
Total questions: 16
Worksheet time: 8mins
Which of the following did Floyd invent?
Hydrostatic corer
Chronometer
Bathythermograph
LORAN navigation
Where was Floyd born?
Texas
On a ship
Seattle
Hilo
How many cumulative years has Floyd been out to sea?
1
5
10
30
What is the age of the seafloor?
As old as Floyd
No one really knows
65 million years
200 million years
While discovering the saltiest water, what else did Floyd and his colleagues discover, which they named Hilo?
A field of diapers
Chemosynthetic fauna
A new species of Holothurians
Paleomagnetic rocks on the seafloor
Gary, Fris, and Floyd, under the guidance of Ralph, did the original beach surveys in HI (1963). What did they learn?
The greatest contribution to calcareous sand in foraminifera
Hawaii is part of the continental margin
Floyd is not a morning person
Hardening structures help to stabilize beach sand
Where is Floyd’s 1939 Chevrolet?
Junk yard
In his garage
Impounded by police
Hilo Bay
Who invented the modern seismometer?
Floyd
Charles F. Richter
John Miln
John Harrison
Which submersible did Floyd go on?
Alvin
Pisces IV
Johnson Sea Link
Nautilus
Where did Floyd meet his wife Ann?
Turkey
Greece
Egypt
Italy
Which war did Floyd participate in?
WW2
Spanish American
Vietnam
Korean
Floyd received his PhD from Harvard in which field?
oceanography
environmental science
nuclear science
geological science
What is the most unusual thing Floyd owns?
a SAG card
coprolite
china from the Titanic
umbrella hat
Floyd walked in whose footsteps?
Plato
Pliny the Elder
Aristotle
Charles Lyell
Which famous or infamous person is Floyd related to?
Randolph McCoy from Hatfield and McCoy battle
King Louis XVI
Richard Floyd McCoy Jr
President Warren Harding's Minister
Which photo is Floyd?
