Unit8Oceanography

LearningTarget
E4.2AIcandescribethemajorcausesfortheocean'ssurfaceanddeepwatercurrents,
includingtheprevailingwinds,theCorioliseffect,unequalheatingoftheearth,changesin
watertemperatureandsalinityinhighlatitudes,andbasinshape.

LearnCompletethreeofthefollowingactivities.Youmayanswerallononesheetofpaper.
1.Watchonevideofromunit8andwriteaoneparagraphsummaryofwhatyoulearned
2.OnBuzzcompletetheLearningOdysseyOceans
3.OnBuzzcompleteLearningOdysseyOceanCurrents
4.Readpages108113andanswer13incompletesentences
5.Readpages130138andanswerquestions13incompletesentences

Practice
1.Vocabularydefineeachword,ordrawapicturerepresentingeachword.Wave, Tsunami,
Salinity, Current, Coriolis effect, Climate, Continental shelf, Mid-ocean ridge, Seafloor
spreading, Intertidal zone, Neritic zone, Plankton, Nekton, Benthos, Bioluminescence

2.ReadingComprehensionArticleChooseonearticletoreadandanswerthecomprehension
questionsincompletesentences.
Article1IsitPossibletoHoldYourBreathfor20Minutes?
Article2ManSurvivesBeingAdriftatSeafor16Months.

3.WorldsOceansLabCompleteproceduresA,B,andCandanswertheconclusion
questions.Makeyourbargraphandlinegraphongraphpaper.Makesureyourgraphsare
neatlydrawnandlabeled.

4.OceanFloorvirtuallab(buzz)

5.Oceanlife.Drawanimageoftheoceanrepresentingthethreetypesoflife(Plankton,
Benthos,andNekton).Youmusthaveatleastoneofeachinyourdrawing.Labelthemwiththeir
speciesnameandidentifythemasplankton,benthos,ornekton.

6.GraphingSkillsWorksheetcompletethequestionsandcreateapiechart.

OceanographyGuidedNotes

1.Oceans
A._______ofEarthssurfaceiscoveredinocean
B.Thedeepestpointisthe__________trenchat_____________meters
C.Wemaptheoceanfloorusing_____________,_____________,andsatellite
D.Warmestoceanwaterisatthe____________________

2.Makeupoftheoceans
A.ToplayercalledMixedLayer
1.Continuouslymixedbyocean_______________andwind
B.Middlelayercalled__________________
1.Hasasteepdecreaseintemperature
C.LowerlayercalledDeepLayerorZone
1.Thislayeristhelargest,coldest,anddarkest
D.Saltcomesfromdissolvedrockandvolcanic_________________
1.Salinityisimpactedby
a._________________
b._________________
c._________________
d._________________

3.Zones
A.IntertidalZone
1.Areaofoceanbetween__________andlowtide.Creaturesmustadaptto
harshconditions
B.NeriticZone
1.Areaoverthe__________________.Greatestdiversityoflife
C.OceanicZone
1.Zonethatextendsoutintotheopenocean

4.CoriolisEffect
A.Waterspinninginacircularpatterndueto_______________rotation
B.Circularcurrentsarecalled__________
C.Northernhemispherewaterrotatesclockwise,southernhemispherewaterrotates
counterclockwise
D.UnevenheatingofEarthsoceanscreatescurrent

5.Tsunami
A.Alargewavetriggeredbyanearby_____________