Make A Model Of The Ocean Floor

Add ocean animals that are seen swimming in the ocean once you finish with the ocean floor.

Make a model of the ocean floor.

Draw a quick plan of an ocean floor as seen from the side. Most of these features remained unknown to bathymetrists scientists who study the form of the ocean floor until the advent of sonar and satellites. Apr 14 2016 explore kim fuson collins s board ocean floor on pinterest. Create a sea floor inside the box.

Straw model for determining the topography of ocean floor click here. Creating a model. Building a model of the ocean floor click here for a simple modeling activity. Oceans cover over 70 percent of the earth s surface.

These definitions are the required background knowledge materials. Continental shelf 300 feet continental slope 300 10 000 feet abyssal plain 10 000 feet abyssal hill 3 000 feet up from the abyssal plain seamount 6 000 feet. Continental shelf and range. See more ideas about ocean ocean projects science projects.

Example 1the ocean floor plan. Each team member needs to draw and label a diagram of your completed sea floor in your science notebook. At the bottom the ocean floor features tall mountains expansive plains and deep trenches. Shoebox with a lid 1 per group of 2 3 paper mache materials flour water glue mixed in a bowl strips of newspaper or newsprint plastic straw pencil scissors graphing paper procedure.

This graphic shows several ocean floor features on a scale from 0 35 000 feet below sea level. Feb 13 2013 oceans cover over 70 percent of the earth s surface. Good introduction for the life zones. Mapping the ocean floor click here for higher level graphing experience.

Creating a model. Make a model of the ocean floor. Compare the ocean life zones. You can have a flat sea floor that simulates a deep ocean floor or you can have a sloping sea floor but you should include at least one seamount.

Other features are optional. At the bottom the ocean floor features tall mountains expansive plains and deep trenches. Some ocean animals you may wish to include are octopi jellyfish different varieties of fish sharks stingrays eels dolphins seahorses turtles and sea urchins. Including the edge of a continent a continentalshoebox with.

Find the definitions for continental slope trench basin. Most of these features remained unknown to bathymetrists scientists who study the form of the ocean floor until the advent of sonar and satellites. Draw a quick plan of an ocean floor as seen from the side.