Marine Science chapter 3

Question 1

Quantitative data

Answer 1

Expressing a certain quantity, amount or range. Data or numbers.

Question 2

Qualitative data

Answer 2

Data that approximately or characteristics but doesn’t measure, 5 senses.

Question 3

How do ROVs differ from submersible

Answer 3

ROVs you can control by land/boat and submersibles you have to go into and control from there.

Question 4

What does SCUBA stand for

Answer 4

Self- contained, Underwater, Breathing, Apparatus

Question 5

What does SONAR

Answer 5

Sound, Navigation, and Ranging

Question 6

What is an advantage of a submersible over scuba gear

Answer 6

You can go deeper with a submersible than you can with scuba gear.

Question 7

What was Sylvia Earles accomplishments

Answer 7

1st underwater explores to use SCUBA

Question 8

What is the importance of National marine Sanctuaries Act

Answer 8

They designate and protect marine environment.

Question 9

What is the importance of The Marine Mammal Protection Act

Answer 9

Protect Mammals, and 1st of its kind in the world, important step for the conservation of our marine ecosystems

Question 10

What is the importance of REMUS

Answer 10

Remote, environmental, monitoring, unit, system. It monitors the environment.

Question 11

When did the largest oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico occur

Answer 11

2010

Question 12

Who discovered the remains of the titanic

Answer 12

Robert Ballard

Question 13

When was the Panama Canal complete, what two bodies of water did it connect

Answer 13

1914 Atlantic and pacific oceans

Question 14

What is the Savannah (1818)

Answer 14

Steamboat

Question 15

Who studied and explored the Galapagos Islands in 1831

Answer 15

Charles DarwinP

Question 16

Who is Vasco de Gama and what is he known for

Answer 16

He is the first to complete the voyage from Europe to India

Question 17

When was the U.S. Coast Guard established

Answer 17

1789 in New York

Question 18

Who invented the diving bell

Answer 18

Edmund Halley

Question 19

The Northeast she route connectsthese two babies of water

Answer 19

Pacific and Atlantic

Question 20

What is the triangular trade

Answer 20

A system of trade that emports slaves

Question 21

Hms challenger

Answer 21

A 4 year voyage

Question 22

What des NOAA stand for— what kind of work do they do

Answer 22

National, Oceanic, Amospheric administrative, it study’s the ocean and they track the weather

Question 23

Discuss three reasons why man explores the ocean, give examples (hint use those categories we
went over at the start of the timeline project)

Answer 23

1. To discover new species
2. To gain knowledge
3. To find new types of medicines

Question 24

Discuss how technology has been used to explore the ocean floor.

Answer 24

They SONAR to find Navigation, the use SCUBA to go down into the ocean to explore it, they use submarines to find new types of animals.