Exploring the Ocean
Understanding the Ocean:
1.- What factors make it difficult to explore the ocean floor?
The ocean floor is difficult for 3 reasons . The deep ocean is totally dark, the water is very cold and finally the water preassure is very high.
2.-Why doesn't Earth get larger when new rock is added to the ocean floor at the mid-ocean ridge?
Because is getting renew every time by the ocean floor process.
Vocabulary:
1.- What factors make it difficult to explore the ocean floor?
The ocean floor is difficult for 3 reasons . The deep ocean is totally dark, the water is very cold and finally the water preassure is very high.
2.-Why doesn't Earth get larger when new rock is added to the ocean floor at the mid-ocean ridge?
Because is getting renew every time by the ocean floor process.
Vocabulary:
- Volcanic Island: A volcano above the water line.
- Mid-Ocean Ridge : Ridge line in the middle of the ocean.
- Deep Ocean Trench: Steep -sided canyons.
- Seamount : Underwater volcano
- Continental Slope: Steep incline (ocean floor).
- Abyssal Plain: Smooth nearly flat area of the ocean floor.
- Continental Shelf : Gently , slopping shallow area.