INTRO TO MARINE SCIENCE EXAM PREP
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS COMPLETE
PRACTICE RESOURCE
●● Phoenicians
Answer: first sailors but kept land in sight, used North Star
●● Polynesians
Answer: first open sea sailors, using stars, sun, currents, animals to
navigate
●● chronometer
Answer: clock used on ships to calculate longitude
●● James Cook
Answer: captain of expedition that used chronometer
●● Charles Darwin
Answer: naturalist on HMS Beagle collecting specimens
●● Charles Wilkes
Answer: led expedition that discovered Antarctica
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS COMPLETE
PRACTICE RESOURCE
●● Phoenicians
Answer: first sailors but kept land in sight, used North Star
●● Polynesians
Answer: first open sea sailors, using stars, sun, currents, animals to
navigate
●● chronometer
Answer: clock used on ships to calculate longitude
●● James Cook
Answer: captain of expedition that used chronometer
●● Charles Darwin
Answer: naturalist on HMS Beagle collecting specimens
●● Charles Wilkes
Answer: led expedition that discovered Antarctica