Assignment

Watch the Pre Lab Video. Read all sections of Lab 11. Answer the following questions:

Activity 11.1A Extent of the Oceans Questions 1-3

Activity 11.3 Ocean Basin Topography Questions 1-12

Learning Objectives

• Each statement represents an important learning objective that relates to one or more sections of this lab. After you complete this exercise, you should be able to:

• Locate the major water bodies on Earth and contrast the distribution of land and water in the Northern and Southern Hemispheres.

• Use echo sounding data to calculate ocean depths and construct an ocean-floor profile.

• Identify and describe the major features of ocean basins.

• Explain the relationship between salinity and the density of seawater.

• Describe how salinity varies with latitude and depth in the oceans.

• Explain how temperature affects the density of seawater.