Let's Review Oceans... Brainpop Oceans/ 13.2 1) Please NEATLY take out the closed notes and the map from the blue tub. 2) Cut and glue! Subtitle

13.2 The Ocean Floor Objectives: Identify the two major regions of the ______________. Classify ____________and ______________ of the two major regions of the ocean floor.

Studying the Ocean Floor Seeing by Sonar: Scientists calculate the depth by multiplying half the travel time by the speed of sound in water (about 1,500 m/s). Oceanography via Satellite Studying the Floor with Geostat Studying the Ocean Floor

Geostat has been used to measure slight changes in the height of the ocean’s surface. Different underwater features, such as mountains and trenches, affect the height of the water above them.

Tech Terms: p. 382-387 Continental margin – made of continental crust _____________   Deep ocean basin – made of oceanic crust ______________ Let’s Explore! Ocean Floor Subdivisions and Features:

The Continental Margin contains: Continental shelf – The gentle sloping section of the continental margin located between the shoreline and the continental slope. Continental slope – The steeply ___________ section of the CM located between the rise and the shelf. Continental rise –

The Deep Ocean Basin contains: Abyssal plain – Mid-ocean ridges- Rift valleys- Trenches-

Let’s Check our Homework! AC- Take out your Ocean Floor Packet. OL- Take out your 13.1 guided worksheet. Reward Challenge! (10 min)

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