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Which direction is "port" on a boat?
Which direction is "port" on a boat?
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When looking forward, toward the bow of a ship, port and starboard refer to the left and right sides, respectively. In the early days of boating, before ships had rudders on their centerlines, boats were controlled using a steering oar. Most sailors were right-handed, so the steering oar was placed over or through the right side of the stern. Sailors began calling the right side the steering side, which soon became "starboard" by combining two Old English words: stéor (meaning "steer") and bord (meaning "the side of a boat"). As the size of boats grew, so did the steering oar, making it much easier to tie a boat up to a dock on the side opposite the oar. This side became known as larboard, or "the loading side." Over time, larboard—too easily confused with starboard—was replaced with port. After all, this was the side that faced the port, allowing supplies to be ported aboard by porters.
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What is the galley on a ship?
What is the galley on a ship?
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A galley is a kitchen on a ship. The galley and the messroom (dining room) are usually on the same deck. It is ideal to have provision stores at the same level. If this is not possible, direct stairs should connect the galley and provision stores. Galley arrangements should be carefully designed to minimize movement during food preparation, cooking, serving, and washing up. Its length should be athwartships to reduce the risk of an accident.
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What is a large inlet from the ocean into the landmass called?
What is a large inlet from the ocean into the landmass called?
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A gulf is a large inlet from the ocean into the landmass, typically with a narrower opening than a bay, but that is not observable in all geographic areas so named. The term gulf was traditionally used for large highly indented navigable bodies of salt water that are enclosed by the coastline. Many gulfs are major shipping areas, such as the Persian Gulf, Gulf of Mexico, Gulf of Finland, and Gulf of Aden.
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What is a ship built to transport goods called?
What is a ship built to transport goods called?
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A cargo ship or freighter is a merchant ship that carries cargo, goods, and materials from one port to another. Thousands of cargo carriers ply the world's seas and oceans each year, handling the bulk of international trade. Cargo ships are usually specially designed for the task, often being equipped with cranes and other mechanisms to load and unload, and come in all sizes.
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How did pirate crews choose their captains?
How did pirate crews choose their captains?
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The captain was democratically elected by all the men in the crew through voting and could be replaced by a majority vote in the same way at any time. This way, cowardly or brutal captains were quickly voted out of their position. Captains were expected to be skilled and dependable seamen, but they were also expected to be bold and decisive leaders since they made the most important decisions including how to engage a target, how to pursue prey, how to escape the authorities, and how to deal with an attack. In the latter situations, there was no time to vote and settle conflicting opinions.
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Which of these marine animals is usually referred to as a sea cow?
Which of these marine animals is usually referred to as a sea cow?
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Manatees are sometimes called sea cows, and their languid pace lends merit to the comparison. However, despite their massive bulk, they are graceful swimmers in coastal waters and rivers. Powering themselves with their strong tails, manatees typically glide along at 5 miles an hour but can swim 15 miles an hour in short bursts.
Source: National Geographic
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What kind of ship carried the Vikings on their raids?
What kind of ship carried the Vikings on their raids?
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Longships, also called Viking ships, were a type of sail-and-oar vessel that predominated in northern European waters for more than 1,500 years and played an important role in history. Ranging from 45 to 75 feet (14 to 23 meters) in length, clinker-built (with overlapped planks), and carrying a single square sail, the longship was exceptionally sturdy in heavy seas. Its ancestor was, doubtless, the dugout, and the longship remained double-ended. Fully developed examples have been found dating from 300 BCE. It carried the Vikings on their piratical raids of the 9th century and bore Leif Eriksson to America in 1000.
Source: Britannica
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What sea drops about three feet of water level each year?
What sea drops about three feet of water level each year?
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The Dead Sea drops about three feet each year, causing major problems for the agricultural sector in Jordan. According to figures from the United Nations, Jordan is the second most water-scarce country in the world. Because of population growth, industrial and agricultural challenges, and climate change, the country is facing serious repercussions as the demand for water surges.
Source: Aljazeera
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What kind of whale is Moby Dick in the eponymous novel?
What kind of whale is Moby Dick in the eponymous novel?
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Moby Dick is a sperm whale who is the main antagonist in Herman Melville's 1851 novel of the same name. Melville based the whale partially on a real albino whale of that period called Mocha Dick. Ishmael describes Moby Dick as having two prominent white areas around "a peculiar snow-white wrinkled forehead, and a high, pyramidical white hump", the rest of his body being of stripes and patches between white and gray. The animal's exact dimensions are never given, but the novel claims that the largest sperm whales can reach a length of 90 ft (larger than any officially recorded sperm whale) and that Moby Dick is possibly the largest sperm whale that ever lived. Ahab tells the crew that the whale can be spotted because he has an unusual spout, a deformed jaw, three punctures in his right fluke, and several harpoons embedded in his side from unsuccessful hunts.
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What was legendary pirate Blackbeard's ship called?
What was legendary pirate Blackbeard's ship called?
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Queen Anne's Revenge was an early-18th-century ship, most famously used as a flagship by Edward Teach, better known by his nickname Blackbeard. Although the date and place of the ship's construction are uncertain, it was originally believed she was built for merchant service in Bristol, England in 1710 and named Concord, later captured by French privateers and renamed La Concorde. After several years' service by French sailors (both as a naval frigate and as a merchant vessel – much of the time as a slave trading ship), she was captured by Blackbeard in 1717.
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Which marine organism engages in a symbiotic relationship with whales?
Which marine organism engages in a symbiotic relationship with whales?
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In the case of barnacles and whales, only the barnacles benefit from attaching to the whales, but at no biological cost to the whale. This type of symbiotic relationship is known as commensalism. In this case, attaching to the whales gives the barnacles a stable place to live, a free ride, and access to plenty of food.
Source: Marine Sanctuary
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What is the world's oldest ship still afloat?
What is the world's oldest ship still afloat?
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USS Constitution, also known as Old Ironsides, is a three-masted wooden-hulled heavy frigate of the United States Navy. She is the world's oldest ship still afloat. She was launched in 1797, one of six original frigates authorized for construction by the Naval Act of 1794 and the third constructed. The name "Constitution" was among ten names submitted to President George Washington by Secretary of War Timothy Pickering in March of 1795 for the frigates that were to be constructed.
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In what body of water is Aruba?
In what body of water is Aruba?
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Aruba is one of the Lesser Antilles islands located in the Southern Caribbean Sea. The island is located approximately 15 miles off the coast of Venezuela and on clear days it is possible to see Venezuela from the south-eastern side of the island. The Lesser Antilles are several islands extending in an arc from Puerto Rico to the north-eastern coast of South America. Some of the islands that are part of the Lesser Antilles are the Virgin Islands, Saint Martin, Guadeloupe, Grenada, Barbados, Trinidad and Tobago, Curacao, and Bonaire.
Source: Visit Aruba
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What is the world's saltiest ocean?
What is the world's saltiest ocean?
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The ocean is salty. The two most common elements in seawater, after oxygen and hydrogen, are sodium and chloride. There are areas of high and low salinity. Of the five ocean basins, the Atlantic Ocean is the saltiest. On average, there is a distinct decrease in salinity near the equator and at both poles, although for different reasons.
Source: National Weather Service
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Cuttlefish are closely related to which other marine creatures?
Cuttlefish are closely related to which other marine creatures?
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Cuttlefish or cuttles are marine molluscs of the order Sepiida. They belong to the class Cephalopoda, which also includes squid, octopuses, and nautiluses. Cuttlefish have a unique internal shell, the cuttlebone, which is used for control of buoyancy. Cuttlefish have large, W-shaped pupils, eight arms, and two tentacles furnished with denticulated suckers, with which they secure their prey. They generally range in size from 15 to 25 cm (6 to 10 in), with the largest species, Sepia apama, reaching 50 cm (20 in) in mantle length and over 10.5 kg (23 lb) in mass.
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What ecosystem is known as the "rainforest of the sea"?
What ecosystem is known as the "rainforest of the sea"?
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Coral reef ecosystems are dense populations of organisms that are often known as the “rainforest of the sea.” And these aren’t trees. These are made up of tiny animals called coral polyps. Besides the identified 2,000 species of corals, several other organisms live together to make the reef a dense oceanic ecosystem. It’s also a habitat for 4,000 species of fish and over 1 million species of other animals such as sponges, algae, plants, etc.
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In which ocean is the farthest point from land?
In which ocean is the farthest point from land?
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Point Nemo is the most remote place on Earth - the farthest point from land. It is located in the South Pacific Ocean and lies around 1,670 miles from the nearest land. It is called “Point Nemo” because “Nemo” means “no one” in Latin. It is also the name of Jules Verne’s fictional character Captain Nemo, who travels through the oceans in his submarine, Nautilus, in Verne’s science-fiction adventure novels Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Seas (1870) and The Mysterious Island (1875).
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Which marine feature might have been the place of origin of life?
Which marine feature might have been the place of origin of life?
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Hydrothermal vents are chemical hot springs near fault lines on the ocean floor. Scientists suspect that deep hot vents like these might have seeded life on Earth about 4 billion years ago. Some hydrothermal vents release alkaline fluids, which could supply the energy needed to build complex organic molecules. Recent studies have shown that two essential ingredients — amino acids and primitive cell membranes — can form spontaneously and reliably near the hydrothermal vents found in seafloors. The discoveries bolster a hypothesis about life’s origins that some scientists have supported for decades.
Source: Knowable Magazine
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What does megalodon mean, a name given to a big shark that ate whales?
What does megalodon mean, a name given to a big shark that ate whales?
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Megalodon was the largest fish that ever lived. The largest individuals measured up to 58.7 feet or even larger. That's about three times as big as the largest sharks in the ocean today. The word megalodon derives from Greek, meaning "giant tooth." The shark's full scientific name is Carcharocles megalodon. Most fish are exclusively cold-blooded, but megalodon may have been like today's great white sharks, which are considered partially warm-blooded because of the heat they generate while swimming. This would have allowed megalodon to hunt in colder waters. Because of its size, the megalodon was an apex predator in the ocean. It preyed upon fish, whales, dolphins, seals, and other marine animals.
Source: Britannica
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Which body of water is the world's deepest?
Which body of water is the world's deepest?
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The Pacific Ocean is our planet’s deepest body of water, with an average depth of approximately 4,000 meters (13,000 feet). The deepest place on Earth, known as Challenger Deep, extends to a depth of more than 11,000 meters (36,000 feet) and is found in the Mariana Trench, in the Pacific. Holding more than half of the Earth's open water supply, the Pacific Ocean was named by explorer Ferdinand Magellan in 1520, who called this body of water "pacific," due to the calmness of the water at the time.
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