History Of Marine Biology
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| ALVIN | manned deep-ocean research submersible
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| AUV | autonomous underwater vehicle
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| BATHYSPHERE | a spherical deep-diving chamber
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| COLUMBUS | rediscovers america in 1492
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| COOK | explored all the oceans and began making scientific observations
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| ERATOSTHENES | calculated earths circumference and invented the first longitude and latitude system
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| ERIKSON, LEIF | discovers Vinland and North America
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| FORBES, EDWARD | Dredged ocean floor and discovered new sea creatures. Father of Marine Biology.
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| GPS | global positioning system
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| HMS CHALLENGER EXPEDITION | discovered mid-atlantic ridge; marinas trench over 4700 new species; gathered biological chemical geological and physical data
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| LATITUDE | parallel lines running from west to east
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| LONGITUDE | intersecting lines that begin at poles
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| MAGELLAN, FERDINAND | 1st person to sail around the world
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| MAURY, MATTHEW | father of physical oceanography, the physical geography of the sea, among 1st to envision world wide patterns for surface winds and currents
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| PTOLEMY, CLAUDIUS | 1st spherical map on flat paper, improved longitude and latitude
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| PYTHEAS | predicted tides by studying the moon, figured out how far north or south one was by using the north star
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| ROV | remotely operated vehicles
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| SCRIPPS INSTITUTE OF OCEANOGRAPHY | largest and oldest institute centers for ocean and surface research, 1903, California
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| SCUBA | going underwater with air and exploring
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| SONAR | a system of detecting objects under water and measuring depth
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| SUBMERSIBLES | craft designed for exploration
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| WOODS HOLE OCEANOGRAPHIC INSTITUTE | marine science and engineering in MA study all aspects of marine biology
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