Oceanography Name:……………………………………………………..

Scavenger Hunt for Oceanography:

Origins of the Ocean: http://www.enviroliteracy.org/subcategory.php/48.html What are two theories on how oceans formed on the Earth?

Measuring Salinity of Seawater: http://www.windows.ucar.edu/tour/link=/earth/Water/salinity.html&edu=high What is Salinity?

Use the map to explain where the ocean has the highest salinity. (click on it to enlarge)

Where is the lowest salinity?

(Click on “More on Salinity” link towards the bottom of the page) What are the main salts found in ocean water?

Conductivity of Seawater: http://lakeaccess.org/russ/conductivity.htm What is conductivity?

Why do we measure it in seawater?

Start with the opening page on Currents. Use the word “Forward” at the bottom of the page to move on to each page to answer the following questions.

Types of Ocean Currents: http://oceanworld.tamu.edu/students/currents/index.html Can you find the two types of currents?

What percent of the ocean currents are wind driven?

What creates the winds?

Describe the Coriolis Effect.

Click on the word gyre to find out where the five great gyres in the world are formed.

Density currents in the Ocean: http://www.usm.maine.edu/maps/lessons/nr11b.htm Explain how Density currents form in the ocean.

Start with the opening page on Waves. Use the “Forward” word at the bottom of the page to move on to each page to answer the following questions.

Parts of a Wave: http://oceanworld.tamu.edu/students/waves/index.html Explain the following parts of a wave: Fetch - Crest – Trough - Height – Wavelength - Wave Height –

Use the Wave family chart to name the following: Wave with the longest period – Wave with the longest wavelength – Wave caused by distant storms –

How can we use the Topex-Poseiden satellite to learn move about waves?

Particle Movement in Waves: http://storm.rsmas.miami.edu/~cook/Surf/waves.html How do water particles move in a wave? Tides: http://www.astronomynotes.com/gravappl/s10.htm What two forces produce tides on the Earth?

Draw a picture of a high tide.

Ocean Floor Formations: http://oceanworld.tamu.edu/resources/ocng_textbook/chapter03/chapter03_03.htm Label the following diagrams using the website pictures.

Seafloor Mapping: http://oceanexplorer.noaa.gov/explorations/02fire/background/seafloor_mapping/seafloor.html What type of tool was first used to map the seafloor?

Voyage to the Deep: http://www.ocean.udel.edu/deepsea/home/home.html Use this site to describe the following –

What is a hydrothermal vent?

What is Chemosynthesis?

Describe one tool used to study the seafloor.