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2. existing True or False: The earliest known voyagers of the world's oceans utilized maps, the stars and the ocean currents to assist in their navigation. 3. Captain James Cook's world expl oration on the.HMS Endeavor from1768 1780 was a significant departure from most of all the previous explorations because; (a) scien tists sampled on board and also returned specimens from the and waters (b) all of the islands under the British flag were mapped for the first time, (c) he utilized celestial navigation for the first ti speeding up the distance traveled; or (d) he was the first to visit the Hawaiian Islands providing information on volcanism never before observed me 4· ALVIN, TRIESTE , SHINKAI, SEA CLIFF are all (a) research insi tutes emphasizing oceanographic investigations, (b) deep ocean submersable instruments, (c) fishing vessels of ancient Minoan civilizations, (d) coastal resorts in the southern portion of the United States. 5. True or False: Lamont-Doherty Geological Observatory, Scripps Institute of Oceanography and Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution are the three major oceanographic institutions in the United States. 6. Alfred Wegener's 1912 lecture identifying continental drift as a result of tectonic processes was based in part upon (a) the shoreline fit of the continents, (b) glacial erosion resulting in "tropical " plants fossilized in layers of rock in the mountainous regions of the world, (c) previous explorers finding coal in the polar ice cap region, or (d) all of the above.

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2. True

3. B) all the islands under the British flag were mapped for the first time.

4. B) deep ocean submersible

These are referred to as DSV or deep submergence vehicles, which are submarines that are manned and are used for deep divings.

5. True

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