Science (11/03 – 15/03)

Science

We will be researching and describing the variation in depths associated with ocean features, including the continental shelf, slope, rise, the abyssal plain and the trenches.

Ocean Zones

Ocean Floor features (View from 3:42)

Vocabulary:

shore

headland

tide pool

jetty

depth

continental crust

oceanic crust

continental shelf

continental slope

continental rise

abyssal plain

sunlight zone

twilight zone

midnight zone

abyss

trenches