Oceanography Intro

Continents are shaped the way they are because of the way the ocean waves crash against them.

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The ocean’s average depth is about 1,200 feet, or just over a mile deep.

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Although we know of over 200,000 plants and animals that live in the ocean, there are probably over millions that we are not aware of.

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Oceans cover about half of the Earth’s surface.

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The study of the ocean is called

• biology

• schoology

• oceanography

• none of these

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Oceanography is important because

• it teaches us about ocean life

• it teaches us about how the oceans affect life on land

• it teaches us about tides

• it shows us how oceans are different or the same as other oceans

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What are oceanographers?

• outstanding swimmers

• scientists that study different kinds of fish

• scientists that live at sea

• scientists that study oceans

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What oceanographers study does not help us, because we do not live in the ocean..

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Submarines are used in many ways to study unknown things and places in the ocean.

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• false

What 2 things are Niskin bottles used for to study and record?

• water temperature

• water populations

• water sounds

• water pressure

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