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Oceanography Ch. 2 Flashcards

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Voyaging

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Traveling on the ocean for a specific purpose

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Charts

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Graphic representations that primarily depict water

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Oceanus

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Latin variant of Greek root “ocean”

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Cartographers

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Mediterranean traders who made routine journeys

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Marine science

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The organized study of the ocean

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Library of Alexandria

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Library founded by Alexander the Great

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Eratosthenes of Cyrene

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Greek astronomer, philosopher, and poet

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Latitude

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Lines drawn parallel to the equator

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Longitude

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Lines drawn from pole to pole

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Polynesia

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The peoples of the central and eastern Pacific islands

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Vikings

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Bands of Scandinavian adventurers

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Chinese navigators

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More skilled navigators than Europeans

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Prince Henry the Navigator

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Third son of the royal family of Portugal

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Compass

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An instrument that points to a magnetic pole

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Christopher Columbus

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“Discovered” the New World by accident

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Ferdinand Magellan

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

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James Cook

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British Royal Navy; An intelligent and patient leader

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John Harrison

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Yorkshire cabinetmaker who invented the chronometer

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Chronometer

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A clock that is accurate to determine longitude

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Matthew Maury

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US Naval Officer and first full-time oceanographer

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Benjamin Franklin

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Noticed hull speed didn’t always mean “fastest”

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Charles Darwin

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Voyaged on HMS Beagle

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Oceanography

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Science of the ocean

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Challenger expedition

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

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Soundings

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Grabbing stuff from deep within the ocean

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Sea power

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

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Alfred Thayer Mahan

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

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Meteor Expedition

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Crisscrossed the South Atlantic

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Echo Sounder

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A device that bounces sound waves off the ocean bottom

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National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA)

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Founded within the Department of Commerce in 1970

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TOPEX/Poseidon

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

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Jason-1

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Satellite that monitors global climate interactions between the sea and atmosphere

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AQUA

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Satellite that will collect info on Earth’s water cycle

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Global Positioning System (GPS)

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A constellation of 24 satellites in orbit above Earth

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