Naval Science 2 Study Guide

1. 
   Caught along the New England, Caribbean, and South African coasts are high-value
   

2. 
   What type of precipitation can be expected from stratus clouds?
   

3. 
   By the year 2000 The number of Navy ships and personal had fallen to around
   

4. 
   What American general was ordered out of the Philippines in March 1942 to take command of the defense of Australia?
   

5. 
   The ability of a nation to defend her own sea communications and to deny the enemy the use of the sea to carry on a war is called
   

6. 
   Temperature in the stratosphere averages a fairly constant
   

7. 
   Leadership depends upon
   

The followers.

8. 
   The cadet who shows lack of self-importance, not being boastful about oneself is demonstrating _____________.
   

9. 
   When the Bashaw of Tripoli refused to cooperate in the release of U.S. crewmen, Commodore Preble decided to
   

10. 
    In the summer, what zones are jet streams over?
    

11. 
    The Trust Territory of the Pacific Islands is administered and defended by
    

12. 
    The U.S. Navy made its last direct contribution to the fight against Germany by
    

13. 
    The first people known to use sea power were the sailors and traders of ancient.
    

14. 
    The true beginning of the space age started with the launch of Sputnik I in :
    

15. 
    What tactic caused Allied shipping losses from U-boat attacks to decline after May 1917?
    

16. 
    Chemistry is the study of
    

17. 
    Major fisheries along the northeast coast of the United States and Canada yield abundant catches of
    

18. 
    The science that deals with the motion of bodies moving through air and other gases is known as ___________.
    

19. 
    All of the below are a result of the British government's orders in council EXCEPT
    

20. 
    Esteem needs consist of
    

21. 
    One of the key navigation chokepoints in the world is in the Indian Ocean at
    

22. 
    Select four correct leadership techniques.
    

23. 
    What are two of the weapons found to be effective in attacking the German U-boats in World War I?
    

24. 
    The boundary of the magnetosphere is called the
    

25. 
    Cloud sequences may occur________ miles in advance of the front itself.
    

26. 
    Water exists as a liquid between the temperatures of
    

27. 
    Which of the following motivating factors is considered most important?
    

28. 
    The amount of the force of gravity on a body at a given location is known as __________-
    

29. 
    Power or energy exerted against a body in a given direction is known as:
    

30. 
    What planet is called the "red" planet?
    

31. 
    The U. S. Congress declared war on England on
    

32. 
    That part of the continent on which Ethiopia, Djibouti, and Somalia are located is known as the
    

33. 
    The strategic entrance to the Mediterranean Sea from the Atlantic Ocean is through the
    

34. 
    Ohm's law maybe expressed as an equation I=E/R, where "E" represents:
    

35. 
    Which of the following factors most significantly affect ship stability?
    

36. 
    What Arms Treaty signed in January 1993 between the U.S. and Russia was called, "the broadest disarmament pact in history."
    

37. 
    What are the objectives of the U.S. Naval Institute?
    

38. 
    The Japanese objective in Leyte Gulf was to
    

39. 
    The cadet that shows through their actions that they are true, honest, correct, straight forward and trustworthy demonstrates ______________.
    

40. 
    What aviation weather forecasts give conditions for landings and takeoffs at fields enroute?
    

41. 
    High underwater plateaus with an abundance of marine vegetation are
    

42. 
    The complacency of the American public following victory in World War II can be attributed to
    

the knowledge that the United States had a monopoly on the atomic bomb.

43. 
    The Japanese headquarters in the Marshall Islands were at
    

44. 
    In order to maintain high morale in a unit, the following must be present:
    

45. 
    What layer within the ionspheric region shields the Earth from the harmful ultraviolet rays of the Sun?
    

46. 
    In the years leading up to World War II the U.S. restricted the sale of oil and scrap metal to
    

47. 
    The nature of a star can be best determined from its ____________.
    

48. 
    Operation Torch was the code word for the planned invasion of
    

49. 
    Leaders can help to motivate subordinates by
    

50. 
    The Moon is actually a poor reflector of light, with what percentage of light reflected?
    

51. 
    What military event in 1958 demonstrated that the Sixth Fleet was a force-in-being capable of decisive action?
    

52. 
    When did Congress finance the start of the Colonial Navy?
    

53. 
    During World War I, what was the main mission of the Channel Fleet?
    

54. 
    _____ as well as liquids exert upward buoyant forces.
    

55. 
    From the U. S. military standpoint, the most important sea lanes are those between the United States,
    

56. 
    During the War of 1812, the U. S. Navy
    

57. 
    Who led Maine backwoodsmen in the first American capture of a British ship?
    

58. 
    The Persian Gulf country that was the site of the largest military ground offensive since World War II in 1991 is
    

59. 
    What mission was the last U.S. lunar landing in 1972?
    

60. 
    What happens to water as it freezes?
    

61. 
    The planet which can be seen as a bright early evening or morning star because of its orbit between the Earth and the Sun is
    

62. 
    To whom did the Russians surrender(late in 1917) during World War I?
    

63. 
    What U.S. Destroyer had a large hole blown in her Port Side while in port at Yemen?
    

64. 
    During the years between World Wars I and II, pacifists urged the country to
    

65. 
    The source of lightning in thunderhead clouds is
    

66. 
    A Thunderstorm develops in ______ stages.
    

67. 
    _________ causes the spreading of radio waves behind obstructions.
    

68. 
    Halfway between the new and full moon, when the forces of the sun and moon are opposed, there is less difference between low and high tides. These tides are called
    

69. 
    The Navy is called upon to help eliminate oil pollution in U.S. waters by working closely with the
    

70. 
    The Confederates had designed the CSS Virginia with one purpose in mind. What was their purpose?
    

71. 
    Which of the following statements best describe the main mission of the Galileo spacecraft launched in 1989?
    

72. 
    Theodore Roosevelt led his regiment of cavalrymen into battle in 1898 in Cuba. These men were known as the
    

73. 
    What is the formula for changing degrees in Fahrenheit to degrees in Celsius?
    

74. 
    Who was elected President in November 1952?
    

75. 
    The means devised to keep U.S. carrier task forces and amphibious forces in operation far from established bases was the
    

76. 
    What are the equatorial belt of light and variable converging winds called?
    

77. 
    The Vichy French forces of World War II were referred to as French forces aligned with
    

78. 
    Why did President Jefferson Davis use privateers during the Civil War?
    

To capture Union commercial goods

To destroy the Union's blockade

79. 
    The Emancipation Proclamation of September 22, 1862, freed all slaves in the Confederate States as of January 1, 1863. In 1865 Congress added an amendment to the Constitution which ended slavery in the United States. What was that amendment?
    

80. 
    In the southwestern part of the North Pacific, most tropical cyclones are born between
    

81. 
    At new moon what is the alignment of the Earth, Moon, and Sun?
    

82. 
    America realized that in order to develop a strong, first-class Navy it had to build and control its ship building projects
    

83. 
    The main eastern and Gulf Coast commercial shipyards that handle major shipbuilding programs for the U. S. Navy are located at
    

84. 
    The major oil-producing country in the world is
    

85. 
    Which of the following is a characteristic of the mature stage of the thunderstorm?
    

86. 
    Today, the telescope and its fine cameras are usually operated by
    

87. 
    The most important commercial fishing operations in the Caribbean Sea and the Gulf of Mexico are for
    

88. 
    A substance that has few free electrons is called
    

89. 
    Navy weather units are maintained with all major
    

fleet flagships.

90. 
    One of the easiest Allied conquests of the war was
    

91. 
    Which planet was discovered by astronomers trying to learn why Uranus did not always travel its regular orbit?
    

92. 
    To whom did the Japanese make their initial “peace feelers?? to end the Pacific War?
    

93. 
    Some smooth plains on the moon's surface are old craters filled with lava or volcanic ash are know as
    

94. 
    During the Japanese attack at Pearl Harbor one U.S. battleship exploded after a bomb set off her ammunition magazines. That ship was the
    

95. 
    Why does a metal ship float?
    

96. 
    Each of the services must maintain their own weather agency. For the Navy, this is the mission of the
    

97. 
    A freely falling body accelerates at the rate of.
    

98. 
    The whirling fountains of hot gases that come out of the sun’s interior are called?
    

99. 
    What meteorological instrument(s) was/were developed in the 17th century?
    

100. 
     Of the following, which was probably the most significant, contributing factor to the invasion, which started the Korean War?