Science 908 self test 1 study guide

Conshelf Two

Cousteau

bathyscaphe Trieste

Picard and Walsh

fractures

a source of mild earthquakes originating undersea

Forbes

believed marine life ceased at 300 fathoms

Hjort

established varying fish colors with depth

Edward Forbes and Matthew Maury

fathers of oceanography

Sealab II

lived in by Scott Carpenter for 30 days at depth of 205 feet

DSVR-1

makes first submerged mating with mother submarine

Trieste

observed marine life at bottom of Challenger Deep

satellite mounted sensors

query buoy-mounted systems

Alvin

rescued at 5,000 foot depth

Sverdrup and Munk introduced the concept of ___________ which related wave energy with the average height of the highest third of the waves in any wave group.

significant wave

Nautilus and Skate

the two submarines that sailed under the North Pole in 1958

3 marine biologists in the late 1800's did much to improve knowledge on fish migration, growth, and life cycles

1. Agassiz 2. McIntosh 3. Buckland

continental shelf

averages 39 miles wide

echo sounder

developed in 1922

fetch

distance of open water over which wind flows

Airborne wave meters use _____________ to record the profiles of waves.

electromagnetic radiation

A pinger gives a ship its precise distance ____________.

from the bottom

Sofar

locates survivors at sea

Sealab I

occupied by 4 men for 11 days, 192 feet depth