OCEANOGRAPHY CH 4 || QUESTIONS AND 100% VERIFIED ANSWERS.
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OCEANOGRAPHY CH 4
Argo floats control their buoyancy using a reservoir of: correct answers oil
The Navy refers to ROVs and AUVs as: correct answers uncrewed underwater vehicles
Stealth AUVs: correct answers sit on the seafloor and listen quietly for targets of interest
Bionic AUVs: correct answers look like...
OCEANOGRAPHY CH 4 || QUESTIONS AND 100%
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Argo floats control their buoyancy using a reservoir of: correct answers oil
The Navy refers to ROVs and AUVs as: correct answers uncrewed underwater vehicles
Stealth AUVs: correct answers sit on the seafloor and listen quietly for targets of interest
Bionic AUVs: correct answers look like marine animals and blend in while making observations
Adaptive tracking systems (select all that apply): correct answers allow AUVs to detect and
follow specific features of the ocean environment
have been used to track and observe the subsurface chlorophyll maximum in an eddy
have been used to track and sample ocean eddies
WMO is an initialism for: correct answers World Meteorological Organization
What are hybrid remotely operated vehicles? correct answers ROVs that can be operated with or
without a tether
Who was Douglas Webb? correct answers the American engineer who first conceived of
oceanographic gliders in 1978
What did the UROV11K accomplish in 2017? correct answers it reached a maximum depth of
35,758 feet in the Mariana Trench
Satellite oceanography has been described: correct answers as like "seeing the ocean for the first
time"
The highly variable eddies that characterize nearly all of the ocean's flows is referred to as:
correct answers mesoscale structure
As a gilder sinks due to a buoyancy change, it also moves: correct answers forward
As a glider rises due to a buoyancy change, it also moves: correct answers forward
The best-known oceanographer glider is the: correct answers Slocum glider
Who was the first person to sail alone around the world? correct answers Joshua Slocum
Though not capable of leaps through hyperspace, ocean technology has enabled oceanographers
to do which of the following as never before? (Select all that apply.) correct answers observe the
world ocean
explore the world ocean
, measure the world ocean
What are the principal advantages of mini-autonomous underwater explorers? (Select all that
apply.)
especially useful for aerial measurements
higher temporal resolution
higher spatial resolution
simultaneous three-dimensional coverage of the water column
inexpensive (relative to other technologies) correct answers ..MAYBE
higher temporal resolution
higher spatial resolution
simultaneous three-dimensional coverage of the water column
inexpensive (relative to other technologies)
What kinds of tools may be attached to the manipulator arm of an ROV? (Select all that apply.)
suction device
sediment tubes
gripper
shovel
plankton nets correct answers ...not all MAYBE
suction device
gripper
shovel
plankton nets
Though it has little to do with this chapter, a fantastic 1963 movie based on Jason and the
Argonauts, featuring incredible stop-motion animation by Ray Harryhausen, is: correct answers
Jason and the Argonauts
Freezing of the ocean surface forms: correct answers sea ice
How do active sensors differ from passive sensors? correct answers active sensors produce their
own signal
The boundary between the ocean and the atmosphere is known as: correct answers the air-sea
interface
Perhaps the most famous ROV-assisted discovery was: correct answers the discovery of the
wreck of the passenger liner Titanic
NOAA is an initialism for: correct answers National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
What types of ocean properties do Argo floats measure, store, and transmit in near-real time?
(Select all that apply.) correct answers biological properties, such as oxygen and nitrate
chemical properties, such as salinity and pH
physical properties, such as temperature
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