OCN 150 Exam 1 Chapters 1-4 with all Correct & 100%
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What is the average depth of the ocean? ✔Correct Answer-3800m/3.8km
What is the deepest spot in the ocean? ✔Correct Answer-Challenger Deep, Mariana's Trench
How old is the solar system? ✔Correct Answer-4.567 billion years old
What type of rock is oceanic crust made up of? ✔Correct Answer-Igneous rock (BASALT), high
density, thin
What type of rock is continental crust made up of? ✔Correct Answer-Igneous rock (GRANITE),
low density, thick
Who came up with the theory of continental drift? ✔Correct Answer-Alfred Wegener
Who came up with the theory of sea floor spreading? ✔Correct Answer-Harry Hess
Who calculated the Earth's circumference correctly in 200 BC? ✔Correct Answer-Eratosthenes
Which map was the first to show the Earth has a globe? ✔Correct Answer-Ptolemy's Map
Who invented the chronometer, a clock that more accurately measured longitude? ✔Correct
Answer-John Harrison
What did the middle period accomplish? ✔Correct Answer-More accurate maps of the world
and oceans
Which notable discovery was invented in 1599? ✔Correct Answer-Mercator Map Projection
Which notable discovery was invented in 1608? ✔Correct Answer-Telescope
Which notable discovery was invented in 1643? ✔Correct Answer-Barometer
Which notable discovery was invented in 1731? ✔Correct Answer-Marine Sextant Invented
(latitude)
What was significant about the HMS Challenger voyage? ✔Correct Answer-4,000 new species
described
Discovered the Challenger Deep
Verified Answers |Already Graded A+
What is the average depth of the ocean? ✔Correct Answer-3800m/3.8km
What is the deepest spot in the ocean? ✔Correct Answer-Challenger Deep, Mariana's Trench
How old is the solar system? ✔Correct Answer-4.567 billion years old
What type of rock is oceanic crust made up of? ✔Correct Answer-Igneous rock (BASALT), high
density, thin
What type of rock is continental crust made up of? ✔Correct Answer-Igneous rock (GRANITE),
low density, thick
Who came up with the theory of continental drift? ✔Correct Answer-Alfred Wegener
Who came up with the theory of sea floor spreading? ✔Correct Answer-Harry Hess
Who calculated the Earth's circumference correctly in 200 BC? ✔Correct Answer-Eratosthenes
Which map was the first to show the Earth has a globe? ✔Correct Answer-Ptolemy's Map
Who invented the chronometer, a clock that more accurately measured longitude? ✔Correct
Answer-John Harrison
What did the middle period accomplish? ✔Correct Answer-More accurate maps of the world
and oceans
Which notable discovery was invented in 1599? ✔Correct Answer-Mercator Map Projection
Which notable discovery was invented in 1608? ✔Correct Answer-Telescope
Which notable discovery was invented in 1643? ✔Correct Answer-Barometer
Which notable discovery was invented in 1731? ✔Correct Answer-Marine Sextant Invented
(latitude)
What was significant about the HMS Challenger voyage? ✔Correct Answer-4,000 new species
described
Discovered the Challenger Deep
