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WorksheetsTracking Trash Chapters 1 - 2
Total questions: 15
Worksheet time: 1hrs 15mins
What does Curt Ebbesmeyer track?
Flotsam and Jetsom
Food
Car Accidents
The weather
What is the point of tracking flotsam and jetsam?
In order to better understand how the ocean moves.
To see how far we can get boats to sail.
To see where the sea animals move.
What is a beachcomber?
Someone who collects natural or manmade objects from the seashore.
Someone who combs the sand with a rake.
A person who likes to find combs on the beach.
What was the first item Curt began to look for after his mother sent him an article in the local newspaper?
Nike Sneakers
Computers
Adidas Shoes
Sweat Pants
Curt realized that the Hansa Carrier spill represented the largest ever ________ drift experiment of all time.
Oceanographic
Land Locked
Thermographic
Longitude runs _____.
North to South
East to West
Latitude runs ____ to _____.
East to West
North to South
The Equator splits the Earth from ____ to _____.
East to West.
North to South.
The Prime Meridian splits the Earth from ___ to ____.
North to South.
East to West.
What does NOAA stand for?
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
Nice Otters and Allies
Nothing Over Alaska Allowed
OSCURS data helps to track _________.
Ocean Currents
Ocean Drift
Drift Wood
Whale Movements
Was OSCURS able to reconstruct the drift movements of the Hansa Carrier spill?
Yes
No
I don't know
Tides are due to ________.
Gravitational Pull of the moon.
wind patterns.
boats and large sea vessels.
Waves are formed when energy from some external source passes through the water.
True
False
The currents that move water from the sea surface down to the sea floor, across the sea floor, and from the sea floor back up to the surface are known as ____ ___ _______.
Deep Sea Currents
Dark Ocean Currents.
Sea Floor Currents.
