ELMONT MEMORIAL HIGH SCHOOL NAME______
MARINE SCIENCE DATE______PERIOD______
UNIT 1: HISTORY OF MARINE SCIENCE
REVIEW SHEET
MARINE SCIENCE
1) What is one of the oldest true sciences?
2) Name two branches of Marine Biology?
3) Name two branches of Oceanography?
HISOTRICAL PERSPECTIVES
4) What as Ben Franklin’s contribution to Marine Science?
5) What was William Beebe’s contribution to Marine Science?
6) What was Prince Albert’s contribution to Marine Science?
7) What was significant about the H.M.S. Challenger’s voyages?
8) What was Matthew Maury’s contribution to Marine Science?
9) Which people developed calculations for latitude and used compasses for navigation?
10) When did people know that the world is not flat?
11) What was significant about the voyages of Project FAMOUS?
12) What vehicle was the first to descend into the Mariana Trench?
13) What is JOIDES?
14) What is SEASAT?
MODERN OCEANOGRAPHIC INSTITUTES
15) Who and what ship found the Titanic?
16) What is the name of Cousteau’s research vessel?
WATER SAFETY
17) Why should you swim with a buddy?
18) What is the proper way to enter the water for snorkeling?
19) How do you signal distress when in the water?
20) What is the biggest factor for survival in water emergencies?
SCUBA
21) What causes the bends?
22) What is decompression sickness?
23) What is nitrogen narcosis?
24) How can the bends be corrected?
25) What does SCUBA stand for?
NAUTICAL TERMS & EQUIPMENT LAB
26) What is the function of a hydrometer?
27) What is the function of a secchi disk?
28) What is the function of a reversing thermometer?
29) What does Nansen bottle collect?
30) What is nun?
31) What is a can?
32) What is a pier?
33) What is a buoy?
34) What is a wharf?
35) Where is stern?
36) What is the gunwale of a boat?
37) What are semaphores?
38) What is a dock?
39) What is a daymark?
40) Where is the bow on a boat?
41) Where is starboard on a boat?
42) Where is port on a boat ?