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Ocean Basins Chapter 11.1

Ocean Basins Chapter 11.1. By: Elena Grace Emika. The Ocean . 2/3 of Earth’s surface covered by ocean Exist on Earth for more than 3 billion yrs. 5 major oceans: Pacific, Atlantic, Indian, Southern, Artic Control Earth’s temperature C reate weather patterns

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Ocean Basins Chapter 11.1

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  1. Ocean Basins Chapter 11.1 By: Elena Grace Emika

  2. The Ocean • 2/3 of Earth’s surface covered by ocean • Exist on Earth for more than 3 billion yrs. • 5 major oceans: Pacific, Atlantic, Indian, Southern, Artic • Control Earth’s temperature • Create weather patterns • Water source - Support all life form

  3. The Ocean Basins • Ocean Basins =low points on the Earth’s surface • Water flows into basin =create ocean • Hundreds of millions of years for oceans to fill up to present levels from water that ran off the continents

  4. The Origin of the Ocean water • Planet first formed  hot ball of molten rock • Outside of Earth cooled down • Heat released from deep within the planet through volcanoes • Water inside volcanic materials also released into the atmosphere  form of water vapour • Water vapour cooled & condensed = fall on to Earth’s surface as rain • Gravity causes water to fall downhill  water that fell collected in the lowest parts of Earth’s surface- the ocean basins • Original water on planet came from ice in comets that hit the young Earth

  5. Ocean Floor • Has interesting & varied landscape like Earth’s continents • Features found on land: mountain ranges, valleys, flat plains, canyons, and volcanoes  also exist on ocean floor • 2 distinct parts -Largest: middle part (general ocean basin) -Rising outside edges (continental margins)

  6. The Tectonic Process • Tectonic plates =large sections of rock that the entire surface of Earth is made up of • Sections of rock are solid but float over a layer of molten rock (magma) • Magma heats up =molten rock rises • Pressure =force 2 plates apart • 2 types of tectonic plates -Continental: lie under continents -Oceanic plate: lie under oceans, dense

  7. Mid-Ocean Ridges • Plates pushed apart magma oozes up into the empty space • Under ocean =mid-ocean ridge • Magma cools at mid-ocean ridges  becomes newest rock on planet • Rising &hardening of magma forces plates to continually move apart ocean floors grow wider & wider • Plates moving apart from mid-ocean ridge must come in contact with other plates.

  8. Subduction=process where oceanic plate collides with continental plate the denser oceanic plate forced to slip underneath • continental plate • When subduction occurs ocean trench is formed • Trench =long V-shaped groove that marks boundary between • oceanic plate & continental plate • Ridges =develop usually in middle of ocean basin • Trenches = tend to develop near outer edges SUBDUCTION Trench

  9. AbyssalPlains • Abyssal plains =wide, flat areas that are stretching between areas of • trenches & mid-ocean ridges • Make up 30% of Atlantic ocean floor & more than 75% of Pacific ocean floor • These flat areas broken by occasional underwater peak called a seamount • Seamount = an old inactive volcano that once developed near a mid-ocean • ridge

  10. Continental margins = regions of the ocean floor that lie underwater along the edge of the continents • These margins are made up of: - continental shelf =flat area that extends from continent’s shoreline to ocean basin - continental slope =steep area that drops off rapidly to the ocean basin from edge of the continental shelf • During last ice age continental shelves in northern hemisphere =not under water • More ocean water became locked up as ice  water level fell leaving the shelves exposed Continental Margins

  11. Turbidity Current • Sediments carried into the ocean by rivers flowing off the continents • Sediments build up along the steep continental slope • Build-up becomes too big =gravity suddenly causes slope to give way • Resulting collapse =turbidity current • Turbidity current =underwater landslide that can travel hundreds of km • down the continental slope &out along ocean floor • Turbidity currents deposit piles of sediment that form the continental rise • Continental rise =between continental slope & abyssal plain.

  12. Some turbidity currents  powerful enough to carve out large sections of • continental shelf &continental slope =creates submarine canyons • Result =underwater landscape • Submarine canyons also found in regions where large rivers reach ocean Submarine Canyons

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