Oceanography Ch. 2

Question 1

Voyaging

Answer 1

Traveling on the ocean for a specific purpose

Question 2

Charts

Answer 2

Graphic representations that primarily depict water

Question 3

Oceanus

Answer 3

Latin variant of Greek root “ocean”

Question 4

Cartographers

Answer 4

Mediterranean traders who made routine journeys

Question 5

Marine science

Answer 5

The organized study of the ocean

Question 6

Library of Alexandria

Answer 6

Library founded by Alexander the Great

Question 7

Eratosthenes of Cyrene

Answer 7

Greek astronomer, philosopher, and poet

Question 8

Latitude

Answer 8

Lines drawn parallel to the equator

Question 9

Longitude

Answer 9

Lines drawn from pole to pole

Question 10

Polynesia

Answer 10

The peoples of the central and eastern Pacific islands

Question 11

Vikings

Answer 11

Bands of Scandinavian adventurers

Question 12

Chinese navigators

Answer 12

More skilled navigators than Europeans

Question 13

Prince Henry the Navigator

Answer 13

Third son of the royal family of Portugal

Question 14

Compass

Answer 14

An instrument that points to a magnetic pole

Question 15

Christopher Columbus

Answer 15

“Discovered” the New World by accident

Question 16

Ferdinand Magellan

Answer 16

A Portuguese navigator in the service of Spain who thought he could open a westerly trade route to the Orient

Question 17

James Cook

Answer 17

British Royal Navy; An intelligent and patient leader

Question 18

John Harrison

Answer 18

Yorkshire cabinetmaker who invented the chronometer

Question 19

Chronometer

Answer 19

A clock that is accurate to determine longitude

Question 20

Matthew Maury

Answer 20

US Naval Officer and first full-time oceanographer

Question 21

Benjamin Franklin

Answer 21

Noticed hull speed didn’t always mean “fastest”

Question 22

Charles Darwin

Answer 22

Voyaged on HMS Beagle

Question 23

Oceanography

Answer 23

Science of the ocean

Question 24

Challenger expedition

Answer 24

Made to test theory that life below 549 meters was impossible because of high pressure and lack of light

Question 25

Soundings

Answer 25

Grabbing stuff from deep within the ocean

Question 26

Sea power

Answer 26

The means by which a nation extends its military capacity onto the ocean

Question 27

Alfred Thayer Mahan

Answer 27

American naval officer and historian who published "The Influence of Sea Power upon History, 1660-1783"

Question 28

Meteor Expedition

Answer 28

Crisscrossed the South Atlantic

Question 29

Echo Sounder

Answer 29

A device that bounces sound waves off the ocean bottom

Question 30

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA)

Answer 30

Founded within the Department of Commerce in 1970

Question 31

TOPEX/Poseidon

Answer 31

A satellite that covers 95% of ice-free ocean every 10 days

Question 32

Jason-1

Answer 32

Satellite that monitors global climate interactions between the sea and atmosphere

Question 33

AQUA

Answer 33

Satellite that will collect info on Earth's water cycle

Question 34

Global Positioning System (GPS)

Answer 34

A constellation of 24 satellites in orbit above Earth