The disappearance of flight mh370 in the indian ocean caused global headlines.
Mapping the ocean floor activity.
Copy and complete a graph like the one shown.
Mapping the ocean floor click here for a medium level graphing experience.
Mapping the ocean floor hands on activities.
In addition to marine studies other applications are evident.
Mapping the ocean floor click here for higher level graphing experience.
Simulating sonar mapping of the ocean floor.
Simulate the collection and use of sonar data to make hypotheses about the ocean floor.
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Plate tectonics and the ocean floor.
Briefly introduce the noaa ship okeanos explorer and the index satal 2010 expedition.
Materials graph paper goals make a profile of the ocean floor.
Straw model for determining the topography of ocean floor click here.
In the search for the plane a large area of the indian ocean was mapped using high resolution multibeam echosounder that provided high detailed data of the ocean floor.
What does the ocean floor look like.
An oceanographer on a research ship using single beam sonar technology to explore a never before mapped section of the ocean floor.
Building a model of the ocean floor click here for a simple modeling activity.
Examine the data in the table.
67 volume 2 how do we explore multibeam sonar mapping the deep ocean floor 7 8 the noaa ship okeanos explorer education materials collection oceanexplorer noaa gov 2.
Mapping the complex seafloor.
Plot each data point and connect the points with a smooth line.
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Smoothly connect the points and you will have a cross sectional map of the south atlantic ocean floor.
Background through the use of various technologies scientists have been able to create profiles of the oceans floors.
Simulating sonar mapping of the ocean floor.
Color water blue and the seafloor brown.
Bathymetry the shape of the ocean floor is largely a result of a process called plate tectonics the outer rocky layer of the earth includes about a dozen large sections called tectonic plates that are arranged like a spherical jig saw puzzle floating on top of the earth s hot flowing mantle.
Ocean floor mapping activity 25 purpose create a profile map of a contrived artificially designed ocean floor and relate the process to ocean floor mapping.
Simulating sonar mapping of the ocean floor.
The numbers in the longitude column give the ship s location at 19 points in the atlantic ocean.