QUIZ
1. What is the only matter that exists naturally in all three phases on Earth?
2. Between what two degrees of latitude will he sun appear directly overhead at some time of the year?
3. What percent of the Earth's surface is covered with water?
4. If the North Star (Polaris) is located on the horizon, what would your latitude be?
5. What happens When any object (like a boat) displaces a weight of water equal to its own weight? ?
6. What term is used for the days when days and nights are of equal length?
7. Which of the two popularly used thermometer scales has the larger degree?
8. What kind of definition is used by scientists in discussing scientific matters?
9. In which direction do the ocean's level go during an ice ages?
10. What is the land mass that lies between Russia and Alaska known as when it appeared from beneath the water during the last ice age?.
ANSWERS TO THE LAST QUIZ
1. What floating animal has stinging cells that in some cases can kill people?
2. What term used to use describe etchings made on ivory or whale teeth?
ANSWER: Scrimshaw
3. What was the distance originally set legally as to how far out into the ocean a country had "rights".
ANSWER: Three miles
4. What term is used to cover the overall economic contribution of the oceans and coasts to the national economy?
ANSWER: Blue economy
5. The ocean has inspired many artistic responses. What is the famous book about whaling written by Herman Melville?
ANSWER: Moby Dick
6. How many oceans are there?
ANSWER: One
7. The term "residence time" refers to the amount of time a chemical remains in a specific sphere. What term is used for the "sphere" that contains "rocks"?
ANSWER: Lithosphere
8. What is the term used for using categories from one's own culture when analyzing another culture?
ANSWER: Ethnocentrism
9. What term is used for sailor songs?
ANSWER: Chanties
10. Let's end with an easy one. What groups of seafaring people are associated with the "skull and crossbones"?
ANSWER: Pirates