Creating the model 1.
Make a model of the ocean floor.
Example 1the ocean floor plan.
The following features are shown at example depths to scale though each feature has a considerable range at which it may occur.
Apr 14 2016 explore kim fuson collins s board ocean floor on pinterest.
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.
Each team member needs to draw and label a diagram of your completed sea floor in your science notebook.
Building a model of the ocean floor click here for a simple modeling activity.
Most of these features remained unknown to bathymetrists scientists who study the form of the ocean floor until the advent of sonar and satellites.
Create a sea floor inside the box.
Including the edge of a continent a continentalshoebox with.
Continental shelf and range.
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Mapping the ocean floor click here for higher level graphing experience.
Draw a quick plan of an ocean floor as seen from the side.
Good introduction for the life zones.
Make a model of the ocean floor.
How to make an ocean floor model 2.
Compare the ocean life zones.
Creating a model.
Feb 13 2013 oceans cover over 70 percent of the earth s surface.
This graphic shows several ocean floor features on a scale from 0 35 000 feet below sea level.
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.
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.
At the bottom the ocean floor features tall mountains expansive plains and deep trenches.
Find the definitions for continental slope trench basin.
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.
At the bottom the ocean floor features tall mountains expansive plains and deep trenches.
Straw model for determining the topography of ocean floor click here.
Add ocean animals that are seen swimming in the ocean once you finish with the ocean floor.
These definitions are the required background knowledge materials.
Other features are optional.