20 April 2001 - sea quiz

Jay Scott : Daily Whale : archive : 2001 : 20 April 2001
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How much do you know about the sea?

A. I've heard of that. It's a computer language.
B. I can tell a binnacle from a barnacle if you line them up for me.
C. It's odd that lobsters and squids are both called decapods.
D. Using isotope ratios in planktonic foraminifera, we can reconstruct the thermocline depth in... did you say something?


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