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History Of Oceanography Answers – Flashcards

William Jordan
7 July 2022
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fathom
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A unit equal to six feet; used mostly in measuring water depth
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fetch
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The distance of open water over which a wind blows.
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plankton
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Small organisms that float or drift in water which serve as an important source of food for larger fish.
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seamount
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A relatively isolated land mass that rises at least 1,000 meters from the ocean floor.
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Hensen
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plankton
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Scott
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Antarctic whale research
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HMS Challenger
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start of deep-sea oceanographic research
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International Geophysical Year
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first multinational cooperative oceanic research
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Maury
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one of the fathers of oceanography
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Petersen
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first practical fish tag
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SCUBA
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invented by Cousteau and Gagnan in 1943
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Galathea
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Danish ship that brought up anemones that were from 32,800 feet deep
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Cromwell
Cromwell
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current in Pacific at equator
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Charles Darwin
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contributed to marine biology through study of coral reef formation
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Cousteau
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invented scuba gear along with Gagnan
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Dr. John Swallow
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discovered a sub-surface ocean current at 6500 feet
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J.Y. Buchanon
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founder of chemical oceanography
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William Ferrel
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developed a tide-prediction machine
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Picard and Walsh
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saw marine life at 35,800 feet
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rift valley
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extends along the mid-Atlantic ridge
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continental shelf
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comprises 7 percent of ocean area
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abyssal hills
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small, extinct volcanoes
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abyssal plains
abyssal plains
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deep ocean
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Trieste
Trieste
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a bathyscaph
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DSRV-1
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a submergence rescue vehicle
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Alvin
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a research submarine
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Nautilus
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a nuclear submarine
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Sealab II
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undersea residence of Commander Scott Carpenter for thirty days
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French
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have successfully sent men to an ocean depth of 17,000 feet
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