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B) great amounts of ocean water
C) the sea floor
D) major industrial sites
9. According to the passage, which of the following was a direct consequence of the new
methods of obtaining Sodium?
A) The development of insulation materials.
B) Increased airplane production.
C) Improved medical facilities.
D) The development of cheap inks for printing.
When echo sounding was developed to allow Subs while under way to record the depth of the
bottom, probably no one suspected that it would also provide a means of learning something
about deep-life. But operators of the new instruments soon discovered that the
sound waves,
directed downward from the ship like a beam of light, were reflected back from any solid object
they met. Answering echoes were returned from intermediate depths, presumably from schools
of fish, whales, or submarines; then a second echo was received from the bottom.
10. What did the operators send down into the water?
A)
Beams of light
B) Small, solid objects
C) New
instruments
D) Sound waves
11. Which of the following enterprises would most likely be interested in using the instruments
mentioned?
A) Sports equipment stores
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