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Chapter 1 and 2 Review
1. Who were the following and what did they do?
a. Cook
b. Ballard
c. Darwin
d. Thompson
e. Aristotle
2. Who discovered North America?
3. What was the importance of the Challenger expedition?
4. Name 3 modern tools that have improved marine biology?
5. Why do scientists refer to the oceans as one “World Ocean”?
6. Draw and label the zones of the sea floor. Which is most productive?
7. What is the difference between oceanic and continental crust?
8. Where does most of our oxygen come from?
9. What is continental drift? Who proposed it?
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10. Why is the earth’s magnetic field important?
11. Describe sea floor spreading.
12. What are the characteristics of the sea floor?
13. What does lithosphere mean?
14. Give 4 reasons why we should study marine biology.
15. Give 3 reasons the study of water is so important.
16. What is sonar? How does it work?
17. What is an ROV? Why were ROV’s developed?
18. Give at least 4 characteristics of hydrothermal vents.
19. What are the 2 types of sediments and where do they come from?
20. What percent of the earth is covered by water?
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21. Where was the first Marine Biological Laboratory established?
22. Where in the United States was the first Marine Biological Laboratory (different than
question 21)?
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