Quiz 1: The History of Oceanography(100% Correct
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The first electronic applications used for navigation was _____. correct answersRadio Direction
Finder
1. Picard and Walsh
2. Forbes and Maury
3. developed in 1922
4. locates survivors at sea
5. averages 30 miles wide
6. distance of open water over which wind flows
7. rescued at 5,000-foot depth
8. query buoy-mounted systems correct answers1. bathyscaph Trieste
2. "Father of Oceanography"
3. echo sounder
4. sofar
5. continental shelf
6. fetch
7. Alvin
8. satellite-mounted sensors
devices produce sound pulses and receive back the reflected echoes. correct answersSONAR
Select all that apply. Which of the following were considered Fathers of Oceanography? correct
answersMatthew Maury
Edward Forbes
William Ferrel _____. correct answerscreated a tide-prediction machine
The major contributions of Maury included: correct answersmapping the ocean bottom
ocean currents
ocean winds
The German researcher Victor Hanson is associated with _____. correct answersplankton
As water depth increases, the pressure _____. correct answersincreases
The 1947 research of the Albatross is associated with _____. correct answersdeep sea cores
Fetch has no baring on a wave's height or strength. correct answersFalse
Self-registering thermometers are used for _____. correct answerstemperature/depth profile
Decca is used today by the U.S. Coast Guard. correct answersfalse
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The first electronic applications used for navigation was _____. correct answersRadio Direction
Finder
1. Picard and Walsh
2. Forbes and Maury
3. developed in 1922
4. locates survivors at sea
5. averages 30 miles wide
6. distance of open water over which wind flows
7. rescued at 5,000-foot depth
8. query buoy-mounted systems correct answers1. bathyscaph Trieste
2. "Father of Oceanography"
3. echo sounder
4. sofar
5. continental shelf
6. fetch
7. Alvin
8. satellite-mounted sensors
devices produce sound pulses and receive back the reflected echoes. correct answersSONAR
Select all that apply. Which of the following were considered Fathers of Oceanography? correct
answersMatthew Maury
Edward Forbes
William Ferrel _____. correct answerscreated a tide-prediction machine
The major contributions of Maury included: correct answersmapping the ocean bottom
ocean currents
ocean winds
The German researcher Victor Hanson is associated with _____. correct answersplankton
As water depth increases, the pressure _____. correct answersincreases
The 1947 research of the Albatross is associated with _____. correct answersdeep sea cores
Fetch has no baring on a wave's height or strength. correct answersFalse
Self-registering thermometers are used for _____. correct answerstemperature/depth profile
Decca is used today by the U.S. Coast Guard. correct answersfalse
