Across
- 3. Proved all oceans were connected by being the first to circumvent the world
- 6. Country Christopher Columbus explored for
- 7. Another term for Earth's crust
- 11. This scientist proposed the continental drift theory
- 14. The Earth's _______ field has been changing much over the course of history
- 15. These people picked up sea exploration after the Dark Ages
- 16. First ocean drilling vessel for scientific research
- 17. The expedition in which they measured the depth of the sea by throwing a weight overboard attached to miles of rope
- 18. The ship Darwin was on
- 19. A group of Pacific Islanders that are knowledgeable about the marine life and navigation
Down
- 1. First accomplished Western navigators
- 2. The first ship specialized for oceanographic research
- 4. First marine biologist
- 5. Mid-ocean ridges were created by underwater ______
- 8. The person that created the Theory of Plate Tectonics
- 9. Ocean research declined from the early times until this time
- 10. Study of both contemporary cultures and their historical origins
- 12. Also known as the Challenger Deep
- 13. Combined the continental drift and seafloor spreading hypotheses to make the Theory of _______
- 20. Technology used to detect sound transmitted through water