Test: Wednesday, May 2nd 2012
Quiz yourself by thinking what should be in
each of the black spaces below before clicking
on it to display the answer.
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| The Challenger | First ship to explore the ocean depth. Used derdging to collect samples and to observe
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| The Glomar Challenger | Continued to do the work of the Challenger
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| JOIDES Resolution | Took over in the late 1980's and still continues today
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| JOIDES stands for what? | Joint Oceanographic Institution for Deep Earth Samplings
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| Submersible | Any self-propelled underwater craft
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| Bathysphere | Heavily reinforced spheerical capsule attached to a cable that lower and returns it
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| Bathyscaph | Similar to bathysphere however free moving
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| Plate Tectonics | A theory that the earth's crust is divided into a number of large, plate-like sections that move as distinct masses
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| Expedition | A journey mede for a specific porpuse
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| Buoyancy | The power to rise or float in a fluid
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| Fissure | A narrow opening produced by seperation of parts
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| Chemosynthesis | Photosynthesis for under-water plants- to use chemicals and to produce sugar in an invironment with no sinlight
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| Fragment | A part broken up or detached
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| Landslide | The downward falling of a mass of soil or rock on or from a steep slope
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| Accumulate | To gather or collect gradually
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| Telepresence | The use of technology to operate machinery by remote control or to create the effect of being at a different or imaginary location
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| Upwelling | The process where warm water is drawn away by off shore currents and replaced by cooler water
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| Ballast Tank | A compartment within a boat or otherfloating structure that holds water
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| Port | The left side of a ship
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| Starboard | The right side of a ship
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