Match the major contributions to the appropriate early ocean explorers and researchers:     _____Magellan A. Theories on coral atoll formation _____Boyle B. Compiled/standardized wind and current _____Newton                  data from US Navy ship logs _____Cook C. Measured chemical composition of seawater _____Franklin D. Found the southern continent--Antarctica _____Forbes E. First to chart the Gulf Stream _____Maury F. Maintained ocean was lifeless below 550 ft. _____Darwin           G. Determined outline of Pacific Ocean _____Wilkes H. Father of chemical oceanography

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Match the major contributions to the appropriate early ocean explorers and researchers:  

 

_____Magellan A. Theories on coral atoll formation

_____Boyle B. Compiled/standardized wind and current

_____Newton                  data from US Navy ship logs

_____Cook C. Measured chemical composition of seawater

_____Franklin D. Found the southern continent--Antarctica

_____Forbes E. First to chart the Gulf Stream

_____Maury F. Maintained ocean was lifeless below 550 ft.

_____Darwin           G. Determined outline of Pacific Ocean

_____Wilkes H. Father of chemical oceanography

_____Thomson I.  Correctly explained tidal forces

J. Died before circumnavigation of Earth complete

 

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