Research Question: How can ocean floor features be measured and mapped using current acoustical technology? How can ocean floor maps be mused in the commercial, military, and or privet sector?
Underwater seamount or guyot- are volcanos that build up on the ocean floor, sometimes they even reach sea level or above.
Continental shelf-A submerged border of a continent that slopes gradually and extends to a point of steeper descent to the ocean bottom.
Submarine canyon on the continental shelf- they are narrow, steep-sided valleys that come from the continental shelf
Mid-ocean ridge- is an underwater mountain system, that consists of many different types of mountain ranges. They are formed by plate tectonics
Trench and island arc system- this usually occurs when there is volcanic activity when the lithosphere is going into earths interior.
Analysis Questions:
Analysis Questions
1. Out topography of our surveyed area was mostly within a range of 2 centimeters apart, with bumps and hills as well because that is really how the ocean floor is.
2. When using a remote sensing sonar. It is much easier to find better and more accurate readings and destinations then with out one.
3. Having it stretched out makes it easier so that the numbers are not as close together. It makes things much easier to read.
4. Write two new research questions based on what you have learned from this activity:
- What would be the best way to measure the ocean floor?
- In the future will there be an easier way to study and measure the ocean floor?
5. What is the value and importance of this activity to your study of science
I think that from doing this activity in class we learned alot about the ocean floor and that it is not the easiest thing to study and measure. I think that it taught us that how science really does help us. Without the tools that we have now to help we would never be able to see the ocean floor or know what lies beneath the surface.
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