Oceanography
The ocean floor is a fascinating place on which there are many interesting features. Some notable ones that come to mind are volcanoes and trenches, but there are many others. The continental shelf is the part of the ocean floor next to the edges of continents. Because it is so
Oceanography
Today, I did an experiment about salty water. It involved making a mixture of salt, earth, and water. After the mixture was made, I dripped it onto a sheet of paper so that the paper will get soaked and salty. My hypothesis was that the paper will get dirty and
Oceanography
Sediments are any loose material that can be carried by a liquid and eventually settles at the bottom of it. In the ocean, sediments are composed of inorganic and organic material. Different sizes of sediment have different names, and they range from boulders to clay. Sediment particle diameters range from
Oceanography
It is believed that there once was a gigantic continent called Pangaea. The first person who had this theory was Alfred Wegener, who thought that 250 million years ago, all the continents were together in one big continent, which he called Pangaea, which was the Greek word for "all
Oceanography
People have only explored about 5% of the world's oceans, so we don't know all there is to know about them, but one of the limitations we have is the underwater pressure. Up here, on the surface of the Earth, we have a comfortable pressure of
Oceanography
Maps have been along for a long time. The oldest map known is a Babylonian world map from the Fifth Century BC. It is a circular map with Babylon at the center and seven other cities around it. Some parallel lines are thought to represent the Southern Marshes, and a
Oceanography
The world ocean is splint into four basins. Each of these basins are large parts of the ocean, called the Pacific, Atlantic, Indian, and Arctic basins. The Pacific basin (these are also called oceans) is the largest and deepest of them all and contains about half of the world'
Oceanography
Sight and hearing are important in oceanography because we can use them to find out many different things about the oceans. I learned using my hearing that humpback whales make sounds that travel over long distances for communication. The deep sea is not completely silent, you can hear the currents
Oceanography
Today, I did an experiment to see how many pennies a small aluminum foil raft I made could hold without sinking. At first, my hypothesis was that the raft would hold three pennies. The manipulated variable was the weight of each thing that I put in the raft (not only
Oceanography
Marine organisms are not just used for food, many of them are also used in everyday products. Some of the marine organisms that are used in everyday organisms are algae, kelp, horseshoe crabs, and sponges. Carrageenan is an extract from algae that is used as a thickening agent in the
Oceanography
In this article, we will talk about some fun ocean facts, like the fastest fish, the highest tides, the biggest seaweed, the slowest fish, and why the ocean is blue. The first submarine was made in 1720 by Yefim Nikonov on commission from the Tsar of Russia. The biggest island
Oceanography
There are two types of ocean resources: living and non-living. Living Resources: Some living resources include fish and algae. The fisheries turn out enough fish to feed 4% of the world's population, but recently, there have been overfishing problems, which occur when fish are caught faster than they