This document provides an overview of Earth's oceans including their characteristics, how ocean waters move through winds, waves and currents, features of the ocean floor and shorelines, tides, human activities like exploration, fishing, and more. It also includes quizzes about oceans.
1. Exploring
Oceans
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2. Earth’s Oceans
71%
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3. DonkeyHotey
Oceans Alive!
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4. Characteristics
ammiiirrr Nick Harris1
Water Pressure Salinity
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5. The Floor
Continental Shelf
Continental Slope
Abyssal Plains
Ernst Grafenberg
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6. How Ocean Waters Move
vnhelen
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7. Wind and Waves
smiteme
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8. Other Kinds of Waves
Tsunami 101 – YouTube
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9. Currents
Surface Rip
Tom Gill
Visit Ocean Planet Shoreline
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10. Tides
Bemep goforchris
Low Tide High Tide
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11. Jessica.diamond eilonwy77
How Ocean Waters
Shape the Shore
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12. At the Shore
CameliaTMU Martin La Bar goingslo
Mangrove Roots Tide Pool Sand Spit
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Sea Cave Sea Gull
13. Human Activities
allyaubrey Ken Doerr
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14. Exploring the
Oceans
Using Ocean paukrus
Resources
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15. Exploring the Ocean
Sir Edmond Halley Jacques Piccard
Sylvia Earle C. Wyville Thomson
Dr. Robert Ballard Philippe Guillaume Jacques Cousteau
Dive and Discover
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21. Which of the following is NOT one
of Earth’s oceans?
oPacific
oMediterranean
oIndian
oAtlantic
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22. Sorry!
That is incorrect.
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23. Congratulations!
That is correct.
The four oceans are Pacific, Atlantic, Indian, and Arctic.
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24. A tsunami is a wave caused by _____
oAn earthquake
oA high tide
oA storm surge
oAn ocean current
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25. Sorry!
That is incorrect.
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26. Congratulations!
That is correct.
The most recent tsunami happened in Japan in 2011.
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27. Detailed Study of the oceans began
with ____
oThe discovery of the Titanic
oThe invention of scuba gear
oThe voyage of the Challenger
oThe scientists of the Trieste
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28. Sorry!
That is incorrect.
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29. Congratulations!
That is correct.
The voyage of Challenger in 1872 officially began the study of the oceans, oceanography.
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30. Thank you for participating in this presentati
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