Ocean Zones & Ocean Floor

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Ocean Zones & Ocean Floor

Ocean Zones

Which Zone? 1. Each group will be given a set of words that relate to the different zones of the ocean. 2. At your table you will try and place your words in the correct zone. Good Luck!

Answers Sunlight Zone Lots of light 0-300 ft. 90% of marine life Plants are productive Plants require sunlight Tuna Dolphin Green plants Twilight 300-3000 ft. Water beginning to get darker Temperature decreases Pressure increases Shark Very little light Blue light Violet light

Answers Midnight Less food Less animal life Eat dead organisms Glow in the dark animals Bioluminescence Abyss Very dark Scarce food supplies Organisms grow slowly Organisms live longer High water pressure Goes to ocean floor Remains of marine life from upper zones Fewer life forms

There are 5 layers that make up the ocean. They include… Ocean Layers / Zones There are 5 layers that make up the ocean. They include… Epipelagic Zone (Sunlight Zone) Mesopelagic Zone (Twilight Zone) Bathypelagic Zone (Midnight Zone) Abyssopelagic Zone (The Abyss) Hadalpelagic Zone (The Trenches)

Ocean Light

How Deep Can They Go?

Zone Info Sunlight Zone – this zone extends from the surface to a depth of 200 meters (656 feet). All the water present in this zone is fairly well mixed. Under ideal conditions, a beam of sunlight can penetrate this zone and reach it's bottom. Twilight Zone – this zone extends from a depth of 200 meters (656 feet) to 1000 meters (3281 feet). The sunlight in this zone is extremely faint. It is in this zone that we begin to see the twinkling lights of bioluminescent creatures. Midnight Zone – this zone extends from a depth of 1000 meters (3281 feet) down to 4000 meters (13,124 feet). The only visible light in this region is the light produced by bioluminescent life forms. The water pressure at this depth is crushing, but a surprisingly large number of creatures can be found here. The Abyss - This zone extends from a depth of 4000 meters (13,124 feet) to 6000 meters (19,686 feet). Its name comes from a Greek word meaning "no bottom". The water temperature of this zone is near freezing, and there is no light at all in this zone. The Trenches - zone extends from a depth of 6000 meters (19,686 feet) to 10,000 meters (32,810 feet). These zones are mostly found in deep water trenches and canyons

Ocean Floor Brainpop Underwater World Ocean Floor

The Ocean Floor Oceanographers discovered the shape of the ocean floor by measuring the depth of the floor in many places. Early tools included lead weights lowered on ropes or cables to the ocean floor. Today, sophisticated side-sonar and satellite data are fed into computers. Brainpop: Ocean Floor

A Note About Ocean Models All models of the ocean floor show features with vertical exaggeration – the models are taller and steeper than they actually are. If models were drawn to scale, they would need to be very large. The Pacific Ocean is 6,000 miles wide and 6 miles deep in some places. If you made a model where 1 foot = 6 miles, the model would be more than 1,000 feet wide and more than 3 football fields in length.

Ocean Floor Vocabulary Shoreline: line which marks the edge of the ocean water Continental Shelf: shallow, submerged part of the continent just off shore Continental Slope: land from continent’s end to ocean floor Trench: narrow, very deep valley Guyot: underwater volcanic mountain Abyssal Plain: flat, nearly level areas; forms most of the ocean floor Ridges: great underwater mountain ranges Rift: valleys between ridges

Ocean Floor Model #1 shoreline guyot continental shelf abyssal plain continental slope ridges trench rifts

Ocean Floor Model #2 Continental slope Continental shelf Ridges Guyot Abyssal plain Rifts Trenches

Ocean Floor Model #3

Ocean Design Labels and definitions 20 Color 10 Creativity and Similarities 5 Neatness 5 Total 40

Ocean Floor Lab Each group will create & label a model of the ocean floor. The model must be completed today. There are 8 elements that must be included. Each person must design and label at least 2 elements. All of the sand stays in the tray. The lab is worth 16 points: 2 points for each ocean feature. Inappropriate lab behavior = Points taken off grade for the lab.

Design & label the ocean floor that includes the following features A. SHORELINE E. GUYOT B. CONTINENTAL SHELF F. ABYSSAL PLAIN C. CONTINENTAL SLOPE G. RIDGES D. TRENCH H. RIFT