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the first man to make an orderly study of the sea |
Matthew F Maury |
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Although the Bible is not a science book, it is always true when it talks about what? |
scientific things, just as it it true when it talks about other things |
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scientifc study of the ocean |
oceanography |
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What did the work of Maury help |
made sea travel safer and quicker, saving both lives and ships |
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streams of water that are so large that they dwarf the mightest land rivers |
currents |
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greatest current |
Gulf Streams |
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How do currents flow and do |
flowing from the equator it carries warm water from the poles and help to warm land areas near the ocean |
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current that sweeps up fromm the South Pole along the western coast of South America |
Humboldt Current |
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The Humboldt Current is full of what? |
plankton, large fish, dolphins, and whales |
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What is plankton? |
tiny floating plants and animals |
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scients who study the ocean |
oceanographers |
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The land beneath the waves are divided into what 3 parts? |
continental shelf, continental slope, deep ocean floor |
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What is the continental shelf |
primarily of mud and sand deposited by rivers as they empty into the ocean |
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What part of the ocean can you find rich oil fields |
continental shelf |
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Where is the continental slope |
lies between the continental shelf and the ocean floor |
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What part of the ocean is there no plant life |
continental slope |
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at the base of the slope are what, it is the deepest part of the ocean |
trenches |
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the deepest known part of the ocean? Where is it found? |
Mariana Trench. the island of Guam in the Pacific Ocean |
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Where are almost all fish caught that are used for commerical use |
continental shelf |
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One of the world's most important food fishes |
herring |
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What are cod caught for? |
the oil in their liver, which is high in vitamins A adn D |
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What fish are called flatfish and why |
Flounder because both of their eyes are on the same side of their head |
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a coldwater flatfish |
halibut |
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Why are salmon unique? |
they live their adult lives in the ocean but return to the freshwater stream to hatch their eggs |
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What is another name for laying eggs |
spawn |
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what flounder is about a foot long |
winter flounder |
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where there are wide plains, great basins, and long moutain ranges |
oceanic ridges |
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isolated underwater mountains |
seamounts |
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attract their prey with growth below their lower jaw |
viper fish |
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has its bait on the end of a long fishing pole |
angler fish |
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has light organs which can be rotated inward so that the fish looks like a lantern turning on and off |
lantern fish |
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many light organs arranged in rows on its abdomen |
hatchen fish |
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large open seas fish which can swim great distances and must eat much food on its long journey |
tuna |
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appear to fly through water |
manata rays |
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makes spectacular leaps into the air |
blue marlin |
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easily recognized by its dark blue, fan shaped back fin that looks like a sail |
flying fish |
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travel in pairs during breeding season |
swordfish |
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what is different about sharks |
have skeletons made of cartilage rather than bone |
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unlike other fish, how do sharks have babies |
give birth to live young which hatch from eggs inside the mother's sharks body |
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what is the largest fish |
whale shark |
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fiercest most dangerous shark |
man eating shark |
