1)List three places in the deep sea visited by ocean explorers within the past three years. Australia, Hawaiian Islands, Vancouver
2)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. Scientist have written maps, satellite data from the ocean, ocean current's direction, water samples, and pictures of under water life.
3)Describe what your day might be like if you were a marine mammal biologist. If I were to be a marine mammal biologist, I think that I would enjoy my work, since I like being in the ocean and having to work on projects relation to the ocean could be really cool/ exciting.
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 Ocean AGE Web page explains the difference between a submarine and a submersible. Find her name and recorded what she says about this difference: Dr. Edith was the person that described both submarines and submersible. Submarines were machines that could regenerate its own power and breathing air. Submersible is/ could be bigger than submarines, but less dependable.
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? His name was Dr. Peter Auster
6)How do you think that exploring the deep sea is similar to exploring outer space? First of all, both space and the ocean is unexplored. Second of all, both might be expensive. And Last of all, both will have something important that will be connected to us.
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? Dr. Peter Etnoyer was the scientist that was interested in marine science.
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?
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?
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.