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Used to estimate the transparency of seawater, and can provide a relative measure of productivity or turbidity
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Secchi disk
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Gravity core
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Neuston net
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Dredge
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Unoccupied, highly maneuverable underwater robots operated by a person aboard a surface vessel
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Samples a wide variety of ocean and fresh water sediment. Designed to take samples in ooze, Clay, sand, gravel, and pebbles on flat or gently sloping bottoms
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Dredge
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Trawl Net
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Drip Net
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Shipek Grab
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A device used to measure the salinity of liquids and solutions
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Refractometer
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Hydrometer
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Drift Bottle
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Dip Net
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Used to analyze grain size composition
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Sediment Sieves
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Current meter
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Dredge
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Nansen Bottle
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Measures ocean currents
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Drift Bottle
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Nansen Bottle
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Winch
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Dredge
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Wire leads through an electro-magnetically metered wheel attached to a J-frame to track the
amount of wire that has been used to lower equipment into the ocean
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Dredge
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Winch
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Trawl Net
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Refractometer
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SpongeBob continues underwater bullying attacks
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A device used to measure the salinity of liquids and solutions
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Unoccupied, highly maneuverable underwater robots operated by a person aboard a surface vessel
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Self contained underwater breathing apparatus
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A drill used to collect a long tube of sediment
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Uses sound waves and computer imaging to get a picture of the ocean floor
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Dredge
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Camera
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Side Scan Sonar
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Satellite
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Uses gravity and microwave radio, timing the interval between transmitting a short pulse and receiving a reflection back from the sea surface, to map the ocean floor
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Side Scan Sonar
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Satellite
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Camera
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Dredge
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Who built elaborate canoes to carry supplies and developed a navigation system based on the position of the stars?
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Charles Darwin
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Christopher Columbus
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Captain James Cook
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Polynesians
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This person noticed that ships travelling against water currents took longer to return and was the first person to map the Gulfstream
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Christopher Columbus
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Captain James Cook
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Benjamin Franklin
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Albert Einstein
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Developed the theory of coral reef formation and atolls (ring-shaped coral reefs) & origin of species while sailing on the HMS Beagle
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Charles Darwin
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Christopher Columbus
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Benjamin Franklin
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Captain James Cook
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Inventor of diving devices and scuba devices such as the Aqua-Lung
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Captain James Cook
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Jacques Cousteau
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James Cameron
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Charles Darwin
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The ship that discovered the Mariana Trench in 1875
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HMS Beagle
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Santa Maria
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HMS Challenger
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Titanic
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Polynesian stick charts were used to:
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Map islands
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Map ocean currents
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Navigate the seas
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All of these
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Before the 1800's, Edward Forbes stated that the abundance and variety of marine life decreased with increasing depth. This theory was known as:
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Place a check next to each of the 5 principle oceans.
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How and why ocean currents flow and air-sea interactions such as the generation of waves by wind, is what type of Oceanography?
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Chemical
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Geological
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Biological
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Physical
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Study of rock structure in the ocean basin, properties of rocks such as magnetism and the occurrence of earthquakes is what type of Oceanography?
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Chemical
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Geological
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Biological
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Physical
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Studying organisms that live in the ocean and their relationship to the environment is what type of Oceanography?
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Physical
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Geological
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Chemical
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Biological
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Studying the composition of sea water and the processes controlling and altering its composition, including marine pollution, is what type of Oceanography?
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Biological
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Physical
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Chemical
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Geological
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What is Oceanography?
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The study of all the organisms that live within the ocean
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The application of science to the study of phenomena in the oceans
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The study of fisheries and fishery-control techniques
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The study of submarines and other underwater vessels
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What percentage of the Earth's surface is covered by oceans?
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Oceanography can be used to predict the weather and show weather patterns.
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The study of Oceanography is needed to maintain our food supply from fisheries.
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The Atlantic Ocean is the largest of the 5 oceans.
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The Challenger Deep is located near Chili in the Pacific Ocean.