Oceanography Correct Answer: the scientific study of the oceans that integrates biology, chemistry, engineering, geology, and physics
marine biology
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Aristotle Correct Answer: A Greek Philosopher, taught Alexander the Great, started a famous school, studied with Plato and early marine biologist
James Cook Correct Answer: A navigator and ship captain who explored and claimed land in Australia for England in 1770 and the first scientific oceanographer to make skillful measurements
Ferdinand Magellan Correct Answer: Portuguese navigator who led the Spanish expedition of 1519-1522 that was the first to sail around the world.
Charles Darwin Correct Answer: English natural scientist who formulated a theory of evolution by natural selection (1809-1882)
induction Correct Answer: a form of reasoning that involves forming generalizations based on evidence from specific cases; theories are the product of induction from a large number of specific observations or experiments
deduction Correct Answer: a form of reasoning from one or more general statements to reach a logical conclusion about a specific instance
scientific method Correct Answer: set of procedures used by scientists to learn about the natural world through a repeated process of observations and experiments and via the application of deductive and inductive reasoning
hypotheses Correct Answer: statements of proposed explanations based on the observed evidence, which serve as a starting point for further investigation
testable Correct Answer: describes a hypothesis that is able to be tested and thereby falsified or corroborated
experiment Correct Answer: a scientific procedure that is used to test a hypothesis
controlled variable Correct Answer: Factor in an experiment that a scientist purposely keeps the same
scientific theory Correct Answer: A well-tested explanation for a wide range of observations or experimental results. [Show Less]