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Bell Ringer. For what reasons do people study the ocean floor?. Exploring the Ocean. Since ancient times people have studied the ocean such as waters and ocean floor It provides food and services, and serves as a route for trade and travel. Sonar.

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Bell Ringer

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  1. Bell Ringer • For what reasons do people study the ocean floor?

  2. Exploring the Ocean • Since ancient times people have studied the ocean such as waters and ocean floor • It provides food and services, and serves as a route for trade and travel

  3. Sonar • Stands for Sound Navigation and Ranging • Is a system that uses sound waves to calculate the distance to an object

  4. Ocean Floor Makeup • Ocean floor is made up of continental shelf, continental slope, abyssal plain, and mid ocean ridge

  5. Continental shelf • Is gently sloping, shallow area of the ocean floor that extends outward from the edge of a continent • Depth of 130 meters and gets steeper

  6. Continental Slope • The steep edge of the continental shelf

  7. Abyssal Plain • Broad area covered with thick layers of mud and silt

  8. Mid Ocean Ridge • Is a continuous range of mountains that winds around Earth, much as the line of stitches winds around a baseball. • Has 2 parallel chains of mountains separated by valley and trenches

  9. Trench • Is a steep sided canon in the ocean floor • Some are so deep you cannot see the bottom

  10. Plates • Pieces of earths crust along with parts of the upper mantle are called plates. • This is what shaped the dramatic features of the ocean

  11. Seafloor Spreading • Mid ocean ridge is along boundaries of plates that are moving apart or diverging • Magma squeezes up through cracks • Magma hardens • And adds a new floor on the ocean • Seafloor spreading is what produced our ocean floor

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