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34 Cards in this Set
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epoch of the most recent ice age; current epoch
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Pleistocene Epoch; Holocene Epoch
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disorienting condition with symptoms of drunkenness caused by excessive amounts of nitrogen in the blood of divers at great depths
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nitrogen narcosis
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an illness resulting from ascending/decompressing too quickly from deep depths
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decompression sickness [the bends]
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a high-pressure chamber used to treat decompression sickness
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hyperbaric chamber
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the state saltwater fish of North Carolina
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channel bass
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the state freshwater fish of North Carolina
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freshwater trout
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the state shell of North Carolina
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scotch bonnet
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who wrote Moby Dick
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Herman Melville
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who wrote 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea
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Jules Verne
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the captain in Moby Dick; the species of whale in Moby Dick
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Captain Ahab; sperm whale (albino)
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submarine in 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea; what was the captain's name
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Nautilus; Captain Nemo
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deepest Great Lake; shallowest Great Lake
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Lake Superior; Lake Erie
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largest Great Lake by area; second largest Great Lake by area
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Lake Superior; Lake Huron
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about how many islands are there in the Great Lakes
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35,000
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what percentage of Earth's surface freshwater is contained in the Great Lakes
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22%
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what connects Lake Ontario to the ocean
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St. Lawrence River
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what connects Lake Michigan and Lake Huron
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Straits of Mackinac
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line of longitude; line of latitude
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meridian; parallel
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NOAA
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National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
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IPCC
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Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change
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what are the corners of the Bermuda Triangle
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Miami, San Juan, Bermuda
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site of US atomic bomb testing in the Marshall Islands in the Pacific Ocean
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Bikini Atoll
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what are the names of the latitudes in the north and south hemisphere where light can be completely absent during certain parts of the year
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Arctic Circle (66.5 N), Antarctic Circle (66.5 S)
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what is the southernmost tip of Africa
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Cape Agulhas
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the location of the tallest lighthouse in the US
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Cape Hatteras, North Carolina
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marine snails whose shells have been traded as a form of money in eastern Pacific economies
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cowries
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a basin that can be temporarily drained in order to service a ship
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dry dock
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how long is a fathom
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6 feet
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depressions in the middle of atolls in the Caribbean that appear as dark blue spots from above because they are deep
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blue holes
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what is a nautical mile; how long is it in statute miles
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1 minute of latitude; 1.15 miles
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unit of speed equal to 1 nautical mile per hour
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knot
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study of freshwater bodies, such as lakes or ponds
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limnology
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study of fish
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icthyology
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front of a boat; back of a boat; left (facing forward) side of a boat; right (facing forward) side of a boat
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bow; stern; port; starboard
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