Bathymetric Mapping

Conclude and Communicate!

1.  I think the ocean floor can be measured kind of like the way we measure it. We can stick the poles down and see where is is a lot higher or where it is a lot lower in places.It can also be studied by sounds and the currents. The technology now is much more improved and can use many ways to study the ocean floor. The ocean floor can be used in the military and such because it can be very hidden and give them an advantage. It is also a place that only they know about which would also give them an advantage.

2. flat abyssal plain- flattest, smoothest and least explored place on earth.
 




Underwater sea mount or guyot-s an isolated underwater volcanic mountain
    Continental break,shelf, slope, and rise-is the extended perimeter of each continent and associated coastal plain
    Submarine canyon- is a steep-sided valley cut into the sea floor of the continental slope, sometimes extending well onto the continental shelf






    Mid ocean ridge-general term for an underwater mountain system that consists of various mountain ranges
    Trench and island arc system-usually curved chain of volcanic islands bounded on the convex side by a deep oceanic trench.




3. Based on the mapping survey we did i came up with how most of the ocean floor was pretty much the same level but then there would places where it would be a lot lower, and sometimes and lot higher. I feel like there is many places in the ocean floor where it always almost level but then there is places where it is a lot higher because of underwater mountains, coral reefs, and even volcanoes  Then there is places where it is much lower, like valleys and such.

By using the sonar stick we got an exact measurement  If we were to just eyeball it we would probably have a good idea but wouldn't be sure what it really was. We would also realize how much higher some parts of the ocean floor was and how much lower some parts are.

By using vertical exaggeration while construction our ocean floor we kind of got to expand it and look more closely at it. It is almost like we stretched it out, and although we couldn't see as much we got a more detailed example of a smaller space. We also got a better idea of how much of a difference it was in some places.

4. research question 1- what is the best way to measure the ocean floor using technology?
   research question 2- How can studying the ocean floor help us as a country, or even a world?

5. The value of doing this activity was to show us new ways of technology to study the ocean floor. It also taught me howto find my way around the ocean basically just using the bottom of the ocean. I also learned that there is a lot of higher and lower parts of the ocean floor and i most of it isn't that level.