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Marine Biology Terms
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Towards the stern | Aft |
| Above decks | Aloft |
| Area halfway between the bow and the stern | Amidships |
| Any of a number of heavy, hook shaped devices that are dropped over the side of the boat on the end of a length of rope and/or chain, and which is designed to hold a vessel securely in place | Anchor |
| Behind the ship | Astern |
| sand or water carried by cargo ships when not carrying cargo, to maintain stability | ballast |
| widest part of the ship | beam |
| anywhere below deck | below |
| a bunk. horizontal surface which total area does not exceed one half the surface area of the average man at rest, onto which at least one liter of some liquid seeps during any 12 hour period and above are not less than 10 kg of improperly secured objects | berth |
| lowest spaces inside the hull where poorly understood chemical reactions among the liquids which collect there create slow-moving, viscious substance which some believe is a primitive life form | bilge |
| sailor's name for a pulley | block |
| a ship's crane - used for lifting cargo | boom |
| pointy end of a ship - rhymes with "cow" | bow |
| the ship's control room - generally the highest point of the ship (except for masts, etc) | bridge |
| the ship's fuel tanks | bunkers |
| a cramped, closet -like compartment below deck where crew members may be stored - on their sides if large or on end if small - until seated | cabin |
| concentrations of water vapor at various levels of the atmosphere, shapes and sizes used to predict weather changes | clouds |
| the entrance and ladder which gives access from deck to deck | companionway |
| the direction in which the ship is being steered | course |
| harbor landing - place which goes squeak or thud when hit | dock |
| the condition whereby a ship floats perfectly upright | even keel |
| approximately 2 meters (1 / 100 part of ship's cable) | fathom |
| a cushioning object (tires, rope cork ) placed between the ship's side and the dock | fender |
| the ship's kitchen | galley |
| the railed bridge by which you board the ship | gangplank |
| deck openings for loading cargo into the ship's hold | hatches |
| ship's toilet | head |
| the apparatus for steering the vessel | helm |
| the main body of the ship | hull |
| the main girder running the length of the bottom of the ship | keel |
| one sea mile per minute | knot |
| the side of the ship opposite that from which the wind is blowing | leaside |
| any personal floatation device that will keep an individual who has fallen off a vessel above water long enough to be run over by it or another reserve craft | life perserver |
| a closet aboard ship | locker |
| a book containing ship's records kept on the bridge | log |
| where sailors eat their meals - especially applicable during high seas | messroom |
| the up and down motion of the bow | pitching |
| the side of the ship which the crew attempts to bring up to the dock and from which the ship is boarded (the left side of the ship when facing the bow) | port |
| the ship's radar scans the surroundings to keep the crew awsare of other ships and their relative position to shore and other ships | radar |
| the sideways motion of the ship | roll |
| a vertically hinged plate of metal, fiberglass, or wood mounted at the stern of a ship or boat for directing its course | rudder |
| canvas sack in which a sailor's gear is carried | seabag |
| the right side of the ship (when facing the bow) | starboard |
| rear of the ship | stern |
| horizontal track left in the water by the passage of a ship | wake |
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miranda.janzen
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