Draw And Label The Features Of The Ocean Floor

See attached lesson plan for example of drawing.

Draw and label the features of the ocean floor. Learn vocabulary terms and more with flashcards games and other study tools. I m a bit too scheduled and learning how to be a little spontaneous. This graphic shows several ocean floor features on a scale from 0 35 000 feet below sea level. The ocean sites you would see while going to the bottom of the ocean.

Early civilizations believed the ocean floor to be a smooth bowl devoid of features or life. 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. 6 students should be instructed to recreate the ocean floor from the beach to the bottom of the ocean. Together they contain the overwhelming majority of all water on the planet and have an average depth of almost 4 km about 2 5 miles.

A project designed for students to draw label and describe the geological features of the ocean floor including continental shelf continental slope continental rise abyssal plain ocean trench and mid ocean ridge. Describe the variation in depths associated with ocean features including the continental shelf slope rise the abyssal plain and ocean trenches. A number of major features of the basins depart. Coast to europe showing the major features of the ocean floor.

The sea floor can be subdivided into three major features. However the ocean floor is not flat. Appropriate copies the mighty ocean book or any book about oceans. Students can create their drawing on an 8 1 2 x 11 sheet of white paper or a.

The following features are shown at example depths to scale though each feature has a considerable range at which it may occur. Aug 15 2013 on this wonderfully crazy journey homeschooling my kiddos i subscribe to the classical method of homeschooling with a twist. Start studying the ocean floor. 1 continental margin 2 abyssal plain and 3 mid atlantic ridge.

Students should label the beach continental shelf ocean ridge and trench. O have students complete a partially completed chart that lists the key characteristics of the ocean floor. Navigators of ships and submarines are interested in avoiding dangers or impediments to their progress. Draw a picture of the ocean floor and label and describe each of the major features.

Other o give students an unlabeled ocean floor diagram and have them label all characteristic areas. Have students draw appropriate ocean animals and color. The diagram above is a drawing of the bottom profile of the north atlantic ocean basin from the u s.