OCEANOGRAPHY

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Measuring the Ocean’s Depth: SonarTime, velocity, and depth

The Origin of Water on Earth?

1. TAKE OUT MAPPING HOMEWORK

2. DO NOW IN NOTEBOOK:

WRITE AS MUCH AS YOU CAN USING THE TERMS:• OCEANOGRAPHY• SONAR• SOUND

The Titanic

SEA FLOOR FEATURES

SEA FLOOR TERMS

Continental ShelfContinental Slope

SeamountIsland

Oceanic TrenchMid-Ocean Ridge

Abyssal Plain

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OCEAN ZONES – WHERE DOES SEA LIFE LIVE?

Epi: Top A lot of light First 200 m

Meso: Middle. Twilight zone 200-1000m

Bathy: midnight 1000m to 4000m

Abyss: bottomless 4000m to 6000m

Hado from Hades: Greek underworld 7000m to 11000m

Very few species live in the Hadoelagic zone. I t is mostly unexplored.

Benthic Zones: Life on the bottom

Plankton

NEKTON: CREATURES THAT SWIM

BENTHOS: BOTTOM DWELLERS

INTERTIDAL ZONE – BETWEEN HIGH AND LOW TIDE

NERITIC ZONE – BETWEEN LOW TIDE AND CONTINENTAL SHELF

BATHYAL ZONE – CONTINENTAL SLOPE

ABYSSAL ZONE