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Oceans Flashcards
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- 1One Ocean: 5 Geographic Names:Pacific, Atlantic, Indian, Southern, and Arctic
- 2Seas Surrounding Alaska:Gulf of Alaska, Beauford, Chukchi, and the Bering Sea
- 3The ocean covers what percentage of the Earth?71%
- 4What percentage of the Earth is Water?97%
- 5On Average, How deep is the ocean?3.8 km( or 2 miles)
- 6On Average, How cold is the Ocean?3.9 degrees Celcius
- 7What do I mean when I say "The Ocean is Stratified?"The ocean has layers of water
- 8What are the 4 main Disciplines in Oceanography?Biology, Geology, Physics, and Chemistry
- 9Who sailed on the Beagle? What's his theory?Charles Darwin
Theory of formation of atolls - 10What "age" did Europeans start voyaging? And what oceans did they travel?The Age of Discovery
The Pacific, Atlantic, and the Indian Ocean - 11What is Captain Cook Famous for?Made soundings to 400 m. Made accurate
measurements of winds, currents and water temperature - 12Who was aboard during the Voyage of the Beagle: 1831-1836? And what is he famous for doing?Charles Darwin on board. Described,
collected and classified organisms.
Developed
a theory for the formation of atolls - 13What expedition is famous for being the first oceanographic expedition?The Challenger Expedition
1872-1876 - 14Who was Chief Scientist on the Challenger? And what is he famous for doing? What did he lay foundation down for?Charles Wyville Thomson
Proved wrong the hypothesis that
Bathybius haeckelii was a primitive life form.
It laid the foundation for oceanography as a science - 15What expedition did Fridtjof Nansen lead?The Fram Expedition
- 16What is the Fram famous for?First oceanographic
expedition in the Arctic - 17What was the First modern oceanographic research cruise? What did they do?Meteor Expedition: 1925 -1927
Measured Depth with an echo sounder - 18—
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