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