Grade 8 Science

1. Grade 8 Science Unit 1: Water Systems on Earth Chapter 2

2. Oceans are important... Primary water source for the water cycle Control weather Support diverse life Provides humans with food, minerals, and resources

3. The Origin of the Oceans Tectonic Plates Volcanic Action Erosion Glaciation

4. Tectonic Plates Has helped determine where ocean basins are located. They move changing the position of the continents.

5. Pangea... Oceans then www.youtube.com/watch?v=QDqskltCixA&safety_mode=true&persist_safety_mode=1&safe=active

6. Oceans now www.youtube.com/watch?v=QDqskltCixA&safety_mode=true&persist_safety_mode=1&safe=active

7. Volcanic Action Has built the ocean floor along mid-ocean ridges in areas where plates separate. Has helped build continental divides in areas where plates have collided and mountain building occurs.

8. Water trapped in volcanic materials were released as vapour. It cooled, condensed and fell back to the earth. This water collected in the lowest parts of the Earth’s surface... the ocean basin.

10. Erosion Has aided the further development of continental drainage systems as material is removed and deposited into the ocean basins.

11. Glaciation A force of erosion in the dev. of continental drainage systems. Move materials towards the oceans.

12. Hudson Bay Lowlands, Ontario www.youtube.com/watch?v=yxFazy_vDhE&safety_mode=true&persist_safety_mode=1&safe=active

13. Researching the Ocean Floor Technologies include... 1. Sonar 2. Satellites 3. Core sampling 4. Underwater photography/ videography

14. Refer to pages 46 - 49 5. Deep sea submersibles 6. Diving

15. “Undersea Adventure” CORE STSE

16. Underwater explorations Shipwrecks Ex. The Titanic Discovered in 1985

17. Technologies: Past & Present Diving Submersibles

18. Wire line depth probe Sonar

19. “Getting to Know the ocean floor” Activity 2-2 page 50-51

20. Continental Margin

21. Continental shelf: the submerged part of the continent between the coast and the edge of the basin.

22. Continental slope: continental shelves slope gradually away from the land before dropping drastically.

23. Abyssal plain: Wide, open features of the sea. Formed of thick deposits of sediments. Where do these sediments come from?

24. Mid-Ocean ridge: Long, undersea mountain chains formed from volcanic eruptions.

25. Canadian Organizations involved in Ocean Research Environment Canada Federal Fisheries Ocean Science Centre9Research (C-CORE at MUN)Be

26. Ocean Currents... A large amount of ocean water that moves in a particular and unchanging direction.

27. 2 Types of Ocean Currents... Surface currents Flow in the top 100-200 m

28. Surface Currents Influenced by Wind Earth rotation Shape of the Earth’s continents

29. Wind Air movement caused by uneven heating resulting in air energy. Resultis friction in the water molecules. (they move)

30. Earth Rotation The Earth spins counter-clockwise which deflects winds and currents. This alteration is called the

31. Clockwise in the Northern Hemisphere and Counter clockwise in the Southern Hemisphere Corioliseffect.

32. Shape of Continent Moving currents are forced to turn when they meet a solid surface. Eg. Gulf Stream current comes up to southern NL and then goes to Europe. (NL is in the way)

33. Deep Water Currents Flow below 200m in ocean They are influenced by: Water temperature which is not the same at every depth. Top is warm, bottom is cold plus

34. *Cold water is also more dense than warmer water. Epipelagic Zone (up to 200 m)/Thermocline (from 200 m down)

35. Salinity Seawater is less salty at the: mouths of large rivers where icebergs are melting and precipitation is falling

36. Seawater is more salty at the: • North and South poles • Near the equator • .

37. Local Ocean Currents... Refer to map p. 54 1. Labrador Current cold water 2. Gulf Stream warm water

38. Waves... Large ripples set in motion by steady winds. They are the result of air energy being transferred to the water.

39. Common Wave Features: *As a wave approaches a shoreline, the wavelength decreases and the wave height increases.

41. 2 Types of Waves: 1. Swells Smooth waves caused by wind and storms far out in the ocean.

42. 2. Breakers The tumble of water when a wave collapses onshore.

43. Tsunamis Giant waves that can be sent in motion by earthquakes on the ocean floor, landslides or volcanic eruptions near the shoreline.

44. November 18, 1929 South Coast of NL Can be very destructive.

46. Tides... The slow rise and fall of the ocean. The upper and lower edges of a beach are determined by the high- and low- tide mark.

47. Tides are connected to the motion of the moon and the spinning of the Earth. The moon exerts a greater force of pull than the sun due to its closer proximity to Earth.

48. High Tide Low Tide

49. 2 Types of Tides: 1. Spring Tide: Occur when... the Earth, Sun and Moon are in a line. Causes... extra high and low tides.

50. 2. Neap Tides: Occur... when the Sun and the Moon are at right angles to one another. Causes... the smallest tidal movements. There is little difference between low and high tides.