Oceanography: Mastering Oceanography Exam 1 || with Accurate Answers 100%.
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Oceanography: Mastering Oceanography
How deep is the Mariana Trench (the deepest part of the ocean) compared to Mount Everest (the tallest mountain on Earth)? correct answers The Mariana Trench is thousands of meters deeper than Mount Everest is tall.
The four principal ocean basins (plus an additional ocean) on Earth are the: corr...
Oceanography: Mastering Oceanography Exam 1 || with
Accurate Answers 100%.
How deep is the Mariana Trench (the deepest part of the ocean) compared to Mount Everest (the
tallest mountain on Earth)? correct answers The Mariana Trench is thousands of meters deeper
than Mount Everest is tall.
The four principal ocean basins (plus an additional ocean) on Earth are the: correct answers
Atlantic, Pacific, Indian, Southern, and Arctic Oceans.
The largest of the ocean basins, which currently covers more than half of the ocean surface, is
the: correct answers Pacific Ocean.
The average depth of the world's oceans is approximately ________. correct answers 3,682
meters (12,080 feet)
Which of the following is TRUE concerning the deepest part of the ocean? correct answers The
depth of this trench exceeds the height of Mount Everest.
Our world ocean can be divided into four principal oceans plus an additional ocean, based on the
________ of the ocean basins and the ________ of the continents. correct answers shape;
position
Which of the following statements about the Pacific Ocean is TRUE? correct answers All of the
continents could fit into the space occupied by the Pacific Ocean.
Which ocean covers more than half of the ocean surface area on Earth? correct answers The
Pacific Ocean
Which ocean is the deepest ocean in the world? correct answers The Pacific Ocean
Which ocean is similar in size and average depth to the Indian Ocean? correct answers The
Atlantic Ocean
Which ocean is mostly, but not entirely, in the southern hemisphere? correct answers The Indian
Ocean
Which ocean is the shallowest ocean in the world? correct answers The Arctic Ocean
Which ocean is actually a part of three other oceans? correct answers The Southern Ocean
Who are some of the first navigators; they used stick charts to navigate the sea? correct answers
Pacific Islanders
, Who were the first humans from the Mediterranean area to develop the art of navigation? correct
answers Phoenicians
Who used the polar North Star to determine latitude (distance from the equator)? correct answers
Greeks
Who were the dominant navigators in the Mediterranean Sea in the Middle Ages? correct
answers Arabs
Who possessed excellent ships and good navigation skills to actively explore the Atlantic Ocean
in the late 10th century? correct answers Vikings
Who was an Italian navigator who made a total of four trips across the Atlantic. He was
erroneously credited with discovering North America? correct answers Christopher Columbus
Who was an English navigator who determined the outline of the Pacific Ocean and was the first
person known to cross the Antarctic Circle? correct answers Captain James Cook
Who established impermanent settlement in North America and the first Europeans to explore
Iceland and Greenland? correct answers Vikings
First determination of Earth's circumference correct answers Eratosthenes
mapped world with Roman knowledge showing latitude and longitude correct answers Ptolemy
first European explorer to see the Pacific Ocean correct answers Balboa
Who led voyage that first circumnavigated the globe? correct answers Magellan
The method of determining latitude in the Northern Hemisphere by measuring the angle between
an observer's line of site to the North Star and line of site to the northern horizon was developed
by: correct answers Pytheas
The first person we are aware of who determined the circumference of the Earth using
trigonometry and the angle of sunlight at Alexandria, Egypt, was: correct answers Eratosthenes
Most of the explorations by northern and western Europeans during the Middle (Dark) Ages
were undertaken by: correct answers Vikings of Scandinavia
Archeological evidence suggests that boat technology was developed about ________ years ago.
correct answers 40,000
Which of the following parts of Polynesia was populated last? correct answers Easter Island
Which of the following parts of Polynesia was populated first? correct answers Fiji, Tonga, and
Samoa
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