{"id":11126,"date":"2021-10-08T13:51:41","date_gmt":"2021-10-08T18:51:41","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/oldnaturalist.com\/?p=11126"},"modified":"2022-04-18T09:08:11","modified_gmt":"2022-04-18T14:08:11","slug":"oceanography-3-mapping-the-sea-floor-across-the-atlantic-ocean","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/oldnaturalist.com\/?p=11126","title":{"rendered":"Oceanography Lesson 3 – Mapping the Sea Floor Depth Across the Atlantic Ocean"},"content":{"rendered":"

From: Whales in the Classroom \u2013 Oceanography
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Graphics by Stephen Bolles<\/h2>\n

Before starting this lesson, I recommend that you do the previous lesson on the Features of the Sea Floor. To do that lesson go to: http:\/\/oldnaturalist.com\/?p=11077<\/h2>\n

We can’t start mapping the seafloor across the Atlantic Ocean from Nova Scotia to France, until we know something about how sound travels in water.<\/h2>\n

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key: 1. five times faster\u00a0\u00a0 2. approx. 4 seconds for the echo to be received<\/h5>\n
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Download Ocean Floor Depth Chart which is shown below
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2. Double check the depths that you calculated using the key\u00a0 at the end of the post.<\/h2>\n

3. Download both pages of the ocean floor graph shown in miniature\u00a0 below:<\/h3>\n

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Download page 1 and 2 of the Ocean Floor Graph which is shown above
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3. Once all of the depths are calculated, plot the depths on the graph on the next two pages. The depths at 60\u00b0W, 55\u00b0W, and 50\u00b0W are already plotted on the graph.<\/h2>\n

Let’s plot the depth at 48\u00b0W together.<\/h2>\n

According to our depth chart the depth at 11,520 feet. Place a ruler across the graph at that depth. Find 48\u00b0W and make an imaginary vertical line to the ruler. Plot the point where the vertical line and ruler meet. Plot all of the remaining depths in this fashion.<\/h2>\n

4. Connect all of the points. The line that develops is a profile of the ocean floor from Nova Scotia to France.<\/h2>\n

5. Look at the graph and label the following topographic features of the ocean floor:<\/h2>\n

a. Continental Shelf
\nb. Continental Slope
\nc. Abyssal Plain
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6. In the space above the graph make a three dimensional sketch of the actual sea floor.<\/h2>\n

Key for the Activity:<\/strong><\/p>\n

Depth chart:<\/p>\n

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Ocean Floor Graph<\/p>\n

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