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Quiz - Oceanography Chapter 1

Total questions: 21

Worksheet time: 42mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What answer choice best describes what is happening in the image? (From Chapter 1.6)

a)

the origins of the oceans and atmosphere through outgassing

b)

the seismic activity around the seams of tectonic plates

c)

the hotspots that created the Hawaiian island chain

d)

the role of magma / lava flows in geological structures

e)

the role of volcanism and its effects on oceanography

2.

What answer choice best describes the separation of layers based on their g/cm3 properties with water being at the top at 1 g/cm3 and it increases as you go down through various layers of the Earth? (From Chapter 1.5)

a)

density stratification

b)

density

c)

lithosphere

d)

asthenosphere

e)

mantle

3.

What answer choice represents a model that describes the formation of the solar system by the contraction of an interstellar dust and/or gas? (From Chapter 1.5)

a)

nebular hypothesis

b)

nebula

c)

protoplanets

d)

solar system

e)

Proto-Earth

4.

What answer selection best describes applying multiple scientific areas? (From Chapter 1.3)

a)

interdisciplinary science

b)

claim evidence reasoning

c)

oceanography

d)

outgassing

e)

nebular hypothesis

5.

What answer selection best describes the study of waves, currents, tides, ocean-atmospheric relationship influencing weather and climate, and the study of light and sound transmission in the oceans? (From Chapter 1.3)

a)

physical oceanography

b)

chemical oceanography

c)

biological oceanography

d)

geological oceanography

e)

geographical oceanography

6.

Organizational Acronyms: What answer choice best describes the organization who's mission and studies are aimed to ensure the wise use of ocean resources? (From Chapter 1.2)

a)

NOAA

b)

IPCC

c)

NASA

d)

ISA

7.

According to the text, what was the impetus of studying ocean processes that led to the great expansion of the science of oceanography? (From Chapter 1.3)

a)

the search for offshore petroleum and warfare (specifically World War II)

b)

the curiosity of the open ocean by ancient civilizations

c)

the need for trade routes and commerce to emerge

d)

financing voyages in the Age of Discovery that led to o the Americas and then circumnavigating the globe

e)

building maritime marvels like the Phoenician Fireship and the Chinese Tower Ship

8.

Historical Ocean Explorers: What answer choice best describes the first European to circumnavigate the globe from 1519 to 1521 before being killed after a month landing in the Philippines? (From Chapter 1.2)

a)

Ferdinand Magellan

b)

James Cook

c)

Christopher Columbus

d)

Erik "the Red" Thorvaldson

e)

Leif Eriksson

9.

Historical Ocean Explorers: What answer choice best describes the English navigator who extensively explored the Pacific before being killed in Hawaii during a skirmish with the indigenous people there in 1779? (From Chapter 1.2)

a)

Ferdinand Magellan

b)

James Cook

c)

Christopher Columbus

d)

Erik "the Red" Thorvaldson

e)

Leif Eriksson

10.

Historical Ocean Explorers: What answer choice best describes the Viking that sailed westward from Iceland and discovered Greenland in 981 CE? (From Chapter 1.2)

a)

Ferdinand Magellan

b)

James Cook

c)

Christopher Columbus

d)

Erik "the Red" Thorvaldson

e)

Leif Eriksson

11.

Historical Ocean Explorers: What answer choice best describes the first Viking to land in the Americas at Newfoundland in 995 CE? (From Chapter 1.2)

a)

Ferdinand Magellan

b)

James Cook

c)

Christopher Columbus

d)

Erik "the Red" Thorvaldson

e)

Leif Eriksson

12.

Historical Ocean Explorers: According to the textbook, what answer choice best describes the first Mediterranean people known to have developed the art of navigation? (From Chapter 1.2)

a)

Phoenicians

b)

Eratosthenes

c)

Claudius Ptolemy

d)

Vikings

e)

Pytheas

13.

Historical Ocean Explorers: What answer choice best describes the historical figure(s) who calculated the Earth's circumference in the 3rd Century BCE? (From Chapter 1.2)

a)

Phoenicians

b)

Eratosthenes

c)

Claudius Ptolemy

d)

Vikings

e)

Pytheas

14.

Historical Ocean Explorers: What answer choice best describes the people of Scandinavia that had excellent ships and good navigation skills? (From Chapter 1.2)

a)

Phoenicians

b)

Eratosthenes

c)

Claudius Ptolemy

d)

Vikings

e)

Pytheas

15.

Historical Ocean Explorers: What answer choice best describes the Egyptian-Greek philosopher the map in the image at around 150 CE? (From Chapter 1.2)

a)

Phoenicians

b)

Eratosthenes

c)

Claudius Ptolemy

d)

Vikings

e)

Pytheas

16.

Historical Ocean Explorers: What answer choice best describes the Greek astronomer in 325 BCE that discovered a method for determining latitude? (From Chapter 1.2)

a)

Phoenicians

b)

Eratosthenes

c)

Claudius Ptolemy

d)

Vikings

e)

Pytheas

17.

What answer choice best describes the submersible used in 2012 by a famous filmmaker to travel to the bottom of the Mariana Trench? (From Chapter 1.1)

a)

Deepsea Challenger

b)

The Trieste

c)

The Jelly

d)

The Bioluminescent One

e)

The Mariana Trench Explorer

18.

What answer choice best describes the deep-diving bathyscaphe that explored the Mariana Trench in the 20th century? (From Chapter 1.1)

a)

Deepsea Challenger

b)

The Trieste

c)

The Jelly

d)

The Bioluminescent One

e)

The Challenger Deep

19.

What answer choice best describes the natural ability to produce light in the dark areas of the ocean where light can't reach? (From Chapter 1.1)

a)

bioluminescence

b)

bio-goomin-feasants

c)

jelly vs. jellyfish debate

d)

the lights from the Deepsea Challenger

e)

the lights from the Trieste

20.

What answer choice best describes technology used to determine if a planetary body has an ocean below its surface during a spacecraft flyby? (From Chapter 1.1)

a)

cameras that can send back images of geysers and ice spurting into space

b)

lasers that sense the molecules of H2O in action below the surface

c)

sending robots to the surface to measure seismic waves under the surface for the presence of liquid

d)

the launching of drones that have the ability to take samples of water below the surface

e)

the use of echolocation from the spacecraft and the analysis of sound waves

21.

What answer choice best describes why the Arctic Ocean should be considered a sea? (From Chapter 1.1)

a)

small and shallow

b)

deep and wide

c)

icy and small

d)

looks like a gulf

e)

too close to the North Pole