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Elkins High School Aquatic Science. Unit 1 – An Introduction. World Ocean. All oceans of the world are connected. Could a ship attempting to travel through all oceans do so without being stopped? What about ice? The waters beneath the ice do connect the ocean basins. Ocean Basins. - PowerPoint PPT PresentationTRANSCRIPT
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Elkins High School Aquatic Science
• Unit 1 – An Introduction
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World Ocean
• All oceans of the world are connected.
• Could a ship attempting to travel through all oceans do so without being stopped?– What about ice?
• The waters beneath the ice do connect the ocean basins.
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Ocean Basins World’s Ocean is divided into 4 major
ocean basins:1. Arctic2. Atlantic3. Indian4. Pacific
There are no natural boundaries that entirely separate the 4 ocean basins.
1955 – The United Nations established the boundaries of the oceans and continents.
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Aquatic Science
Unit I, Section 1Oceans and Continents
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Arctic Ocean (Northern Ocean) Smallest
Includes waters north of the North American and Eurasian continents.
It is bounded from the Pacific by the Bering Strait and from the Atlantic at about the 650 latitude (just north of Iceland).
The central part of the ocean is permanently
covered in about 10 feet of ice.
Diving in the Arctic Ocean with Adam Ravetch - YouTube
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Arctic Ocean
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Atlantic Ocean 2nd largest and youngest Connects the polar ocean
waters
Located between the continents of North and South America, Europe, Africa and Antarctica.
Covers about 20% of the Earth's surface
Busiest shipping ocean
Crude oil and natural gas
Conquering the fear of cliff diving - Red Bull Cliff Diving World Series 2014 - YouTube
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Atlantic Ocean
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Indian Ocean 3rd largest ocean
It is surrounded by southern Asia, the Arabian
Peninsula, Africa, the Malay Peninsula, the
Sundas Islands, Australia and Antarctica.
Trade route between
Africa and Asia!
Petroleum extracted from Persian Gulf
Exploring Oceans: West Indian - YouTube
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Pacific Ocean Largest
Covers approximately one-third of the earth’s surface
More surface area than all the continents combined!
The tallest mountain in the world is found in the Pacific
Ocean: Mauna Kea of the Hawaiian Islands.
Earthquakes and Tsunamis common
Pacific Ocean Paradise - Nature Documentary - YouTube
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Pacific Ocean
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SeasThe term sea is a term of tradition and
is not used consistently.
Some seas are enclosed lakes. (Caspian Sea and Sea of Galilee)
Some seas are partially enclosed or isolated from other sections of ocean.(Mediterranean Sea and North Sea)
“The Seven Seas” and “the South Seas” are terms of ancient times or of literature and not places on maps and charts.
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Seas as Enclosed Lakes
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Partially Enclosed Seas
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Continents
Large land masses
There are 7 major continental land areas:
1. Africa2. Antarctica3. Australia4. Europe5. Asia6. North America7. South America
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The 1955 United Nations agreement divided the landmasses according to political boundaries.
Africa – continent bordered to the north by the Mediterranean Sea, to the west by the Atlantic Ocean, to the east by the Red Sea and the Suez Canal, and to the east-southwest by the Indian Ocean
Antarctica – continent of the South Pole
Australia – smallest of the continents – It is located between the Indian and Pacific Oceans.
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Eurasia – a single continuous landmass that includes Europe and Asia – Asia includes Saudi Arabia and on political maps also includes Japan, Taiwan, Indonesia and the Philippines. Europe is separated from Asia by political boundaries set from the Caspian Sea north along the Ural Mountains to the Kara Sea.
North America – includes Canada, U.S., Mexico and Central America down to Panama. Islands in the Arctic Ocean are included in North America on political maps.
South America – includes all the countries south of Panama
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Ice covers 10% of the total surface of the Earth.4.5% is on land the remaining 5.5% is on the
ocean’s surface
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Section 2 – Maps
Globes, since the earth is spherical, represent its surface features more accurately than any map.
Cartographers (map makers) today can make very detailed and accurate maps of the earth using photographs from satellites and much improved data collected on earth.
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• Maps give a two-dimensional representation to a three-dimensional object. Even flattening the carved surface of a sphere onto a 2-dimensional surface changes the way it looks.
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Three types of maps are used in the study of continents and ocean basins:
1. Homolosine maps – (refer to figure 1-1 on page 2) distorts the continents as little as possible.
2. equal-area maps – (refer to fig 2-1 page 8) appear as if globes were cut apart but each has an equal area
3. cylindrical projection map – (refer to fig 2-2 page 8) to get a “full” map the ends would be connected (most maps used in the classroom)
Types of Maps
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Section 3 Locating Points on a GlobeThere are two types of reference lines
used to make accurate maps and to locate points or positions on globe, map or chart of the earth.
They are:1. Parallels of latitude2. Meridians of longitude
The primary reference lines are:a. The equator (latitude)b. The prime meridian (longitude)
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The Equator, Hemisphere, Axis, and Directions
The Equator is a reference line drawn around the earth halfway between the north and south poles.
The earth rotates daily around the axis.
The north and south poles are the points where the axis enters and exits.
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The Northern Hemisphere is the half of the earth north of the equator.
What continents are in the Northern hemisphere?
The Southern Hemisphere is the half of the earth south of the equator.
What continents are in the Southern hemisphere?
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Parallels of latitudeLatitude is the distance measured in
degrees from 00 to 900 north and south of the equator.
Parallels of latitude are imaginary reference lines that form complete circles around the earth parallel to the equator and each other.
Every point on a parallel is the same distance from the equator.
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Degrees of latitude are measured from an imaginary point at the center of the earth.
Except for positions located right on the equator (00), degrees latitude are always labeled to tell whether they are north or south of the equator.
Examples: Honolulu, Hawaii is on the 210 North
Parallel.Sydney, Australia is located on the 340
South parallel.
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Longitude
Distance east and west of the Prime Meridian is measured in degrees from 00 to 1800.
All meridians of longitude are given in degrees east or west of the Prime Meridian.
Meridians of longitude are imaginary lines forming half circles passing from the North Pole to the South Pole.
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The Prime Meridian (00), by international agreement is drawn through Greenwich, England.
Examples: Washington, D.C. is on the 770 West
Meridian.Rome, Italy is on the 120 East Meridian.
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The International Date Line
The International Date Line is an imaginary line running mostly along the 1800 meridian.
Events immediately right or left of the date line are 24 hours apart.
The International Date Line was adjusted to allow certain land masses to remain together in the same day.
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LocationLines of latitude and longitude form a global
grid system.
Any point on the globe can be located by specifying its latitude and longitude.
So that a point can be located more exactly, degrees are subdivided into minutes and minutes into seconds. (Minutes and seconds do not refer to time, but to parts of degrees of an angle.
10 = 60 minutes (60’)1 minute = 60 seconds (60”)
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Distance measured by marine and air navigators is in Nautical Miles.
1 nautical mile = 1.85 km (1.15 miles)
(1 nautical mile – 1 minute of an arc measured along a meridian of longitude.)
1 knot – 1 nautical mile per hour