Draw And Label The Features Of The Ocean Floor

Students can create their drawing on an 8 1 2 x 11 sheet of white paper or a.

Draw and label the features of the ocean floor.

Navigators of ships and submarines are interested in avoiding dangers or impediments to their progress. Students should label the beach continental shelf ocean ridge and trench. Aug 15 2013 on this wonderfully crazy journey homeschooling my kiddos i subscribe to the classical method of homeschooling with a twist. Other o give students an unlabeled ocean floor diagram and have them label all characteristic areas.

The following features are shown at example depths to scale though each feature has a considerable range at which it may occur. O draw a diagram of the ocean floor and label the parts. However the ocean floor is not flat. It has a wide variety of geological features e g fig.

The diagram above is a drawing of the bottom profile of the north atlantic ocean basin from the u s. O have students complete a partially completed chart that lists the key characteristics of the ocean floor. See attached lesson plan for example of drawing. Early civilizations believed the ocean floor to be a smooth bowl devoid of features or life.

A number of major features of the basins depart. Ocean basin any of several vast submarine regions that collectively cover nearly three quarters of earth s surface. 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.

The sea floor can be subdivided into three major features. Coast to europe showing the major features of the ocean floor. Describe the variation in depths associated with ocean features including the continental shelf slope rise the abyssal plain and ocean trenches. The ocean sites you would see while going to the bottom of the ocean.

Have students draw appropriate ocean animals and color. Start studying the ocean floor. Draw a picture of the ocean floor and label and describe each of the major features. I m a bit too scheduled and learning how to be a little spontaneous.

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. This graphic shows several ocean floor features on a scale from 0 35 000 feet below sea level. Learn vocabulary terms and more with flashcards games and other study tools.