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1

Early voyagers used a variety of observations to help guide them including:
A)their sense of smell
B)cloud formations
C)the appearance of birds
D)the direction of waves
E)all of the above
2

This individual first calculated the circumference of the earth:
A)Pliny
B)Eratosthenes
C)Franklin
D)Ptolemy
E)Elvis
3

During the Middle Ages:
A)scientific investigation of the seas increased
B)the great depths of the oceans were first discovered
C)shipbuilding technology improved
D)the first circumnavigation of Africa was completed
E)accurate maps with latitude and longitude appeared
4

The explorer who first believed South America was a distinct continent was:
A)Amerigo Vespucci
B)Franco Americas
C)Vasco d'Americ
D)Bartholomeu Dias
E)none of the above
5

The Challenger expedition is credited with:
A)discovering over 4700 new species of marine organisms
B)measuring ocean depths greater than any previously found
C)discovering that major component ions have a constant relative abundance
D)sailing into and investigating all of the world's oceans
E)all of the above
6

Which of the following explorers used the Fram?
A)William Baffin
B)Fridtjof Nansen
C)Roald Amundsen
D)b and c
E)all of the above
7

While on the HMS Beagle, Charles Darwin studied:
A)the variability of seawater salinity
B)the vertical zonation of life in the seas
C)the formation of atolls
D)the westward intensification of surface currents
E)the Gulf Stream
8

The first serious study of the small animals and plants that populate surface waters was undertaken by:
A)Edward Forbes
B)Johannes Muller
C)Aristotle
D)Wyville Thompson
E)Charles Darwin
9

The first European credited with sighting the Pacific Ocean is:
A)Vasco Nuñez de Balboa
B)Bartholomeu Dias
C)Christopher Columbus
D)Martin Waldseemuller
E)Ferdinand Magellan
10

Oceanography in the 1970s:
A)suffered from a decline in funding for basic research and the construction of ships
B)was galvanized by the discovery of seafloor hydrothermal vents
C)saw the development of more sophisticated submersibles
D)benefitted tremendously from the acquisition of satellite data
E)all of the above





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