Marine science 1 lab.
Mapping the ocean floor lab atlantic profile.
World ocean floor map the pacific ocean map and the mid atlantic ridge map and refer to your textbook as needed to answer the following questions.
Danny bakhtiar the data in the table below represents various measurements of the depth of the atlantic ocean along a line from cape may new jersey and cape roca portugal.
Distance goes from 0 to 3500 miles eastward from cape may.
The data table shows a record of the depth of the atlantic ocean measured by a research vessel travelling on course due east along 39on latitude.
Ocean depth y axis for the atlantic profile graph.
Mid atlantic ridge rift valley continental shelf deep ocean floor and draw arrows at the bottom indicate direction of plate movement.
Color the area between the blue ocean surface line and the lithosphere blue.
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.
Smoothly connect the points and you will have a cross sectional map of the south atlantic ocean floor.
The following features are shown at example depths to scale though each feature has a considerable range at which it may occur.
Please notice the data is in two columns of distance and depth.
This graphic shows several ocean floor features on a scale from 0 35 000 feet below sea level.
Suppose you took a trip across the atlantic ocean and were able to check the depth of the water under your boat at regular intervals.
You can use this data to construct a profile.
Locate and label the following deep ocean trenches.
Atlantic ocean floor topography lab.
Plot each data placing the distance east of new jersey in x axis and the depth to the ocean floor starting from zero downward in the y axis.
Mapping the ocean floor name.
On the world map provided on the following page draw the global mid ocean ridge system in red.
Distance goes from 0 to 3500 miles eastward from cape may.
In this lab you will use sonar data from the atlantic ocean to make a profile of the ocean bottom.
The numbers in the longitude column give the ship s location at 19 points in the atlantic ocean.
A marine gravity map of the north atlantic ocean red dots show locations of earthquakes with magnitude 5 5 and they highlight the present day location of the seafloor spreading ridges and.
Sea level 0 meters is the line already shown on the graph.
Examine the data in the table.
The data in the table below represents various measurements of the depth of the atlantic ocean along a line from cape may new jersey and cape roca portugal.
Label the following ocean floor features.
Mapping the ocean floor.
Draw a blue line to represent the trench.
On the mapping the ocean floor lab handout plot the distance from beach x axis vs.
Earth s crust under the ocean.
Once the points are plotted connect the points and shade in the profile of the ocean floor.
Mapping the ocean floor now that you have all of your data you will plot these depths on a graph.
