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Wednesday, February 27, 2013
The Four Types of Marine Sediments
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Monday, February 25, 2013
Economic Importance of Marine Sediments
1. What are some products that come from sediments?
* Building Materials for roads and structures
* Toothpaste
* Paint
* Swimming pool filters
2. How much of the world's energy comes from sediments?
* 1/3 of the worlds oil and gas (energy) comes from deposits within sediments of continental
margins
3. How important is sand gravel?
* Valued at more than $510M
Prezi Questions:
1. In what ways are sediments classified
2. List the four types of Marine sediments. Explain the origin of ea.
3. Where are sediments thickest? Are any areas of the ocean floor free of sediments
Tuesday, February 19, 2013
Island Arcs & Ocean Trenches
1. How and where do ocean trenches form? They form at convergent plate boundaries when one subducts between another.
2. Describe an island arc ? It is bands of islands shaped like An arc because of tectonic and volcanic behavior.
3. What is the deepest trench in the world? The Mariana Trench in the west pacific.
4. What trench does Japan lay next to? The Japan trench.
5. Why do island arcs ARC? (why aren't they a straight line?) It us the results from shapes of plate movement across the earth.
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Wednesday, February 13, 2013
Abyssal Plains and Hills
1. Abyssal Plains- great stretches of flat surfaces across the ocean floor.
2. AP's are found between the edges of the continents and great underwater mountain ranges.
3. AP's consist of beds of volcanic rock covered in one thousand ft of thick "sediments."
4. AP's cover 1/3 of the earth's surface.
Tuesday, February 12, 2013
Careers Studying the Oceans
2. A geophysicist makes about 80-130,000 a year depending on the degrees, knowledge, and experience. They travel to many places to observe all different locations of the bottom of the ocean never seen by humans. They work with seafloor maps and pictures using software programs to create undersea features.
3. A microbiologist does not get to travel to many places around the globe because their studies are very local. Culls more, for example, studies the titanic which was linked to microbial communities. Their annual salary can be from unpaid to millions depending on discoveries and determination.
4. In order to be a deep-sea ecologist you are required to have the minimum of a doctorate degree. Most have long work hours varying from 12-13 hours a day. The annual salary would be about 40-90K per year.
Monday, February 11, 2013
adaptations of Sea Cave Creatures
- ostracods have small eyes
- senses that don't need light to find food
- lack of skin pigment
2. Why is oxygen NOT Plentiful in caves, and how do creatures deal with the lack of oxygen?
- Because there is no photosynthesis and very limited circulation.
- They have sensory body parts that do not need light and are able to swim slowly.
- Low metabolic rates.
3. Why do adaptations occur?
- They occur randomly and may provide an advantage or maybe not.
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http://oceanexplorer.noaa.gov/facts/cave-adapt.html
Thursday, February 7, 2013
Hydrothermal Vents
- It was described that there were species without eyes, exotic gardens, hot water geysers are coming out with minerals and nutrients.
- Pacific Ocean
- It was about 8/9 feet tall, it bleed like human-like blood, it had no relationship with the normal ocean life, it stunk, looked like beef and red-colored.
- Over time, the ions duplicate photosynthesis in the dark, chemically called chemosynthesis.
- All over the world / Earth
- The underwater volcano might have began in the vents.


