Department of Earth Sciences City College of San Francisco Professor Katryn Wiese Oceanography 1 LECTURE Spring 2021 Workbook Oceanography 1 Workbook Author: Katryn Wiese Manual Produced By Katryn Wiese (send edits/comments to [email protected]) Cover image from Saddlebag Lake Area, High Sierra, Hoover Wilderness Unless otherwise stated, all images in this manual were produced by and copyright is held by Katryn Wiese. COPYRIGHT FOR COMPLETE MANUAL: Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-Share Alike 3.0 Table of Contents CLASS INTRODUCTION ......................................................................................................................................................... 3 What is Science? Activity ........................................................................................................................................................ 4 Weekly Reflection ................................................................................................................................................................. 11 WATER PLANET ................................................................................................................................................................. 13 Brief History of Earth............................................................................................................................................................. 17 Water Planet Chapter Worksheet ......................................................................................................................................... 22 Photosynthesis, Chemosynthesis, Respiration, and Decomposition Activity ....................................................................... 25 Weekly Reflection ................................................................................................................................................................. 30 PLATE TECTONICS .............................................................................................................................................................. 31 Plate Tectonics Chapter Worksheet ...................................................................................................................................... 45 Plate Motions Activity ........................................................................................................................................................... 50 Weekly Reflection ................................................................................................................................................................. 52 SEAFLOOR & SEDIMENTS ................................................................................................................................................... 53 The Seafloor and its Sediments Chapter Worksheet ............................................................................................................ 59 Scale Activity ......................................................................................................................................................................... 61 Weekly Reflection ................................................................................................................................................................. 63 SEAWATER – PHYSICAL PROPERTIES .................................................................................................................................. 65 Physical Properties of Seawater Chapter Worksheet ........................................................................................................... 70 Phase Changes Activity ......................................................................................................................................................... 73 Weekly Reflection ................................................................................................................................................................. 76 SEAWATER CHEMISTRY ..................................................................................................................................................... 77 Seawater Chemistry Chapter Worksheet .............................................................................................................................. 81 Carbonate Buffering and Seawater Salinity Activity ............................................................................................................. 84 Weekly Reflection ................................................................................................................................................................. 88 ATMOSPHERE & SEASONS ................................................................................................................................................. 89 Atmosphere Chapter Worksheet .......................................................................................................................................... 95 Seasons and Relative Humidity Activity (4 pages) ................................................................................................................ 98 Weekly Reflection ............................................................................................................................................................... 102 CURRENTS ....................................................................................................................................................................... 103 Currents Chapter Worksheet .............................................................................................................................................. 112 Lost at Sea – Where Am I? Activity ..................................................................................................................................... 115 Weekly Reflection ............................................................................................................................................................... 128 WAVES ............................................................................................................................................................................ 129 Waves Chapter Worksheet ................................................................................................................................................. 133 Waves Practice Activity ....................................................................................................................................................... 136 Weekly Reflection ............................................................................................................................................................... 138 TIDES ............................................................................................................................................................................... 139 Tides Chapter Worksheet ................................................................................................................................................... 144 Charting Tides Activity ........................................................................................................................................................ 147 Weekly Reflection ............................................................................................................................................................... 152 COASTS, BEACHES, AND ESTUARIES ................................................................................................................................. 153 Coasts, Beaches, and Estuaries Chapter Worksheet ........................................................................................................... 161 Understanding Tsunami Activity ......................................................................................................................................... 163 Weekly Reflection ............................................................................................................................................................... 172 Page 1 MARINE POLLUTION ........................................................................................................................................................ 173 Biomagnification, Bioaccumulation, and Mercury .............................................................................................................. 174 Marine Pollution Chapter Worksheet ................................................................................................................................. 177 Marine Pollution Concept Sketch ....................................................................................................................................... 178 Weekly Reflection ............................................................................................................................................................... 179 LIVING OCEAN & MARINE ORGANISMS CLASSIFICATION ................................................................................................. 181 Living Organisms Chapter Worksheet ................................................................................................................................. 190 Marine Taxonomic Classification Activity ..........................................................................................................................