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Oceanography Exam 1

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Marine Science (Oceanography)   Discovering and unifying principles in data obtained from the Ocean and it's associated life forms and bordering lands.  
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Earth facts   Covered 71% by water 61% N. Hemisphere 815 S. Hemisphere  
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Ocean stats   Average depth 12,451' (3800m) Max depth 36.000' (11,000m) Average Temp. 39f (3.9c)  
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Ocean   a body of saline water occupying depressions in the Earth's surface  
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4 Primary Sub-Divisions of Marine Science (Which are often inter-related)   Geological- Earth's crust Chemical- Gasses, how solids are dissolved into water. Physical- Waves, Currents, Climate Biological- Living marine organisms  
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Science   The systmatic process of asking questions about the observable world by gathering and studying information.  
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Scientific Method   A) Observation B) Hypothesis C) Test D) Conclusion  
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Hypothesis   A speculation proved through controlled experiments.  
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Early Marine Science was built out of ______?   Necessity  
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Historically speaking, the Eqyptians   And trade vessels on the Nile in 100 BC  
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Historically speaking, the Greeks   Had the first ship sail across the Atlantic. 900-700BC Greeks also discovered North south Currents named (Okeeanos)River.  
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Polynesia and China where also players in Sea Voyage   none  
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Cartographers   Chart makers, recorded info on locations, landmarks and currents. Most early expeditions had a cartographer aboard  
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Maps are to land, as charts are to _____?   Water based info. Currents, reef, coasts.  
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When was the Library of Alexandria founded?   3rd Century B.C. It housed information an all aspects of hunam endeavor.  
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Celestial Navigation   Using the stars to navigate. Developed at Alexandria.  
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1st to measure the Circumference of the Earth   Eratosthenes and it measured 40,070 km  
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Circumference of the Earth was later improved by who?   Ptolemy, and he measured it at 28,800km, much more accurate.  
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1st person to chart lines of latitude through landmarks of the time?   Eratosthenes  
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The earth was later divided into equal units at 360 degrees.   Hipparchus (165-127 B.C.  
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He added North to maps, so people would always know which way was north.   Ptolemy  
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Lines of Longitude unlike Latitude?   Are not parallel  
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The Prime Meridian is located where?   Greenwich, England  
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Degrees for Navigation   0 north 90 east 270 south 135 south-east 360 west  
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