<p>Oceanography Name:……………………………………………………..</p><p>Scavenger Hunt for Oceanography:</p><p>Origins of the Ocean: http://www.enviroliteracy.org/subcategory.php/48.html What are two theories on how oceans formed on the Earth?</p><p>Measuring Salinity of Seawater: http://www.windows.ucar.edu/tour/link=/earth/Water/salinity.html&edu=high What is Salinity?</p><p>Use the map to explain where the ocean has the highest salinity. (click on it to enlarge)</p><p>Where is the lowest salinity?</p><p>(Click on “More on Salinity” link towards the bottom of the page) What are the main salts found in ocean water?</p><p>Conductivity of Seawater: http://lakeaccess.org/russ/conductivity.htm What is conductivity?</p><p>Why do we measure it in seawater?</p><p>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.</p><p>Types of Ocean Currents: http://oceanworld.tamu.edu/students/currents/index.html Can you find the two types of currents?</p><p>What percent of the ocean currents are wind driven?</p><p>What creates the winds?</p><p>Describe the Coriolis Effect.</p><p>Click on the word gyre to find out where the five great gyres in the world are formed.</p><p>Density currents in the Ocean: http://www.usm.maine.edu/maps/lessons/nr11b.htm Explain how Density currents form in the ocean.</p><p>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.</p><p>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 – </p><p>Use the Wave family chart to name the following: Wave with the longest period – Wave with the longest wavelength – Wave caused by distant storms – </p><p>How can we use the Topex-Poseiden satellite to learn move about waves?</p><p>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?</p><p>Draw a picture of a high tide.</p><p>Ocean Floor Formations: http://oceanworld.tamu.edu/resources/ocng_textbook/chapter03/chapter03_03.htm Label the following diagrams using the website pictures.</p><p>Seafloor Mapping: http://oceanexplorer.noaa.gov/explorations/02fire/background/seafloor_mapping/seafloor.html What type of tool was first used to map the seafloor?</p><p>Voyage to the Deep: http://www.ocean.udel.edu/deepsea/home/home.html Use this site to describe the following – </p><p>What is a hydrothermal vent?</p><p>What is Chemosynthesis?</p><p>Describe one tool used to study the seafloor.</p>