1. List three places in the deep sea visited by ocean explorers within the past three
years. The Gulf of Mexico, the Maya of the Yucatan, and a deep water coral platform in the Gulf of Mexico.
2. Now proceed to this Web site: http://oceanexplorer.noaa.gov/edu/oceanage/
welcome.html.
There are many individuals studying the deep sea or involved with work done
there. List at least five, and describe their fields of research or work they have
done.
3. Describe what your day might be like if you were a marine mammal biologist. If I were a marine mammal biologist I would have way too much work to do. I would be very busy and tired all the time.
4. In some ways, deep-sea explorers of modern times are similar to historic
explorers. They are brave, curious men and women who are at the cutting edge
of their field of interest. They are very unique individuals. One of the senior
scientists interviewed on the OceanAGE Web page explains the difference between
a submarine and a submersible. Find her name and record what she says about
this difference. The woman who we are looking for is Edith A. Widder.
5. What is the name of the fish ecologist who wanted to be an astronaut until he
realized that the ocean was virtually unexplored and the other-worldly creatures
that he wanted to see and study were living right here at home? Peter Auster.
6. How do you think that exploring the deep sea is similar to exploring outer space? Because there is no gravity under water just like in space.
7. Which ocean explorer traces his interest in ocean science to a vacation with his
parents to the Florida Keys when he was five or six and encountered a manatee? Brian Kennedy is the man who traced his interest in ocean science to a vacation with his parents to the Florida Keys when he was five or six and encountered a manatee.
8. There is a big world waiting for you to explore it, and the technology to do
so gets better every day. Yesterday’s discoveries are today’s necessities. Which
explorer looks for marine plants and animals that produce chemicals that can be
developed into drugs to treat human diseases? Dr. John K. Reed
9. As we learn more about Earth’s ocean, we realize that even though the ocean is
vast, its resources are limited and need protection. Which marine ecologist looks
for “sweet spots” in the ocean, places where life is rich and abundant, and then
works with governments and nonprofit organizations to secure protection of those
resources for future generations? Sandra Brooke
10. Which ocean explorer was an insect dietician and sonar operator aboard a U.S.
Navy submarine before becoming chief electronics technician aboard the NOAA
Ship Okeanos Explorer? Dr. Roy Cullimore
years. The Gulf of Mexico, the Maya of the Yucatan, and a deep water coral platform in the Gulf of Mexico.
2. Now proceed to this Web site: http://oceanexplorer.noaa.gov/edu/oceanage/
welcome.html.
There are many individuals studying the deep sea or involved with work done
there. List at least five, and describe their fields of research or work they have
done.
- Edith A. Widder- The Co-founder of the Ocean Research and Conservation Association
- Dr. Amy Baco- Taylor- She studies whale falls and deep sea corals.
- Jill Heinerth- A professional underwater filmmaker and photographer. Her job is to take pictures and videos of the corals and almost everything under water.
- Dr. Robert Ballard- An oceanographer who worked on the investigation of the titanic.
- Dr. Peter Auster- A fish ecologist who collects data from under the sea for his job. He is currently working at the University of Connecticut.
3. Describe what your day might be like if you were a marine mammal biologist. If I were a marine mammal biologist I would have way too much work to do. I would be very busy and tired all the time.
4. In some ways, deep-sea explorers of modern times are similar to historic
explorers. They are brave, curious men and women who are at the cutting edge
of their field of interest. They are very unique individuals. One of the senior
scientists interviewed on the OceanAGE Web page explains the difference between
a submarine and a submersible. Find her name and record what she says about
this difference. The woman who we are looking for is Edith A. Widder.
5. What is the name of the fish ecologist who wanted to be an astronaut until he
realized that the ocean was virtually unexplored and the other-worldly creatures
that he wanted to see and study were living right here at home? Peter Auster.
6. How do you think that exploring the deep sea is similar to exploring outer space? Because there is no gravity under water just like in space.
7. Which ocean explorer traces his interest in ocean science to a vacation with his
parents to the Florida Keys when he was five or six and encountered a manatee? Brian Kennedy is the man who traced his interest in ocean science to a vacation with his parents to the Florida Keys when he was five or six and encountered a manatee.
8. There is a big world waiting for you to explore it, and the technology to do
so gets better every day. Yesterday’s discoveries are today’s necessities. Which
explorer looks for marine plants and animals that produce chemicals that can be
developed into drugs to treat human diseases? Dr. John K. Reed
9. As we learn more about Earth’s ocean, we realize that even though the ocean is
vast, its resources are limited and need protection. Which marine ecologist looks
for “sweet spots” in the ocean, places where life is rich and abundant, and then
works with governments and nonprofit organizations to secure protection of those
resources for future generations? Sandra Brooke
10. Which ocean explorer was an insect dietician and sonar operator aboard a U.S.
Navy submarine before becoming chief electronics technician aboard the NOAA
Ship Okeanos Explorer? Dr. Roy Cullimore