4RI7 Interpreting Visual Information

A 8:30 A.M.—340 ft: Piccard releases gasoline

B 9:15 A.M.—2,400 ft: Men change into dry clothing.

C 12:00 P.M.—32,400 ft: Explosion heard

D 1:00 P.M.—35,800 ft: Reaches bottom

E 1:15 P.M.—Piccard’s last message on wireless

A

A small window in the observation gondola allowed the crew

to see outside the Trieste.

B

The observation gondola of the Trieste was large enough to fit several crew members comfortably.

C

The flood lamps were too far away for the crew members of the Trieste to see outside.

D The propellers allowed the crew of the Trieste to steer the craft underwater.

They . . . saw a flat, white fish about a foot long that Piccard

described as a sole.

window.

Little red shrimp swam in front of their

Both discoveries were groundbreaking.

Now humans

knew that animals lived on the deepest part of the ocean floor.

A underground

B underneath the ocean

C new and important

D very destructive