The Coast

The sea turtles on the Australian Coast all go to the same beach every year. They do this to hatch all the eggs deep within the sand. Six weeks later when all the eggs have hatch and the new baby turtles have to find their way into the ocean. The turtles go to the same beach so that the babies have a better chance of surviving and not get eaten by birds.

Why do we study ocean waves?

Monitoring ocean waves and learning to predict them can be useful and helpful to many others, not just oceanographers. It can be useful to average people who don't even know a thing about the ocean. When people study the ocean they find extremely useful information. They can warn everyone if there is going to tsunami so normal, everyday people can prepare and be ready for anything. Studying the ocean and its activities is more than useful to people who take it for granted.

Tectonic Plates

Morgan and I unfortunately do not have all the information we would like. Our computer would not save our map. We do know that our plates crossed the Pacific and Indian Ocean. We had Imbikwan Punt and Manabi, Ecuador. This is all the information we could gather.

T :)

Air rising in the atmosphere cools, and the water vapor in the atmosphere condenses into a raindrop. This happens because of latent heat and adhesion. Gas has latent heat, and loses energy. Because of this it allows the gas to turn into a liquid. When the gas turns into a liquid the particles attach to each other. This is because of adhesion. So, in order for water vapor to condense into a raindrop you need both latent heat and adhesion.

Wind? :)

Wind is formed by the flowing of air. We get wind from it trying to even itself out. When you have a high pressure area it moves to a low pressure area. Because of this we get direction of wind. When the temperature of the water in the oceans change the temperature of the winds located around the oceans change as well. The ocean moves because the winds blow it.

Seasonal Seas..

       After the whale shark, the basking shark is the largest living fish. It moves slowly, and gradually through the water filter feeding. It has a greatly enlarged mouth and highly developed gill rakers. The color of the basking shark is usually a grayish, brown and seems to have a mottled appearance. The basking shark has very small and numerous teeth, often 100 per row. Basking sharks are a migrating species and are believed to overwinter in deep waters.

Blue Planet: Frozen Seas: Arctic Fox

ARCTIC FOX

The arctic fox lives in some of the most frigid extremes on the planet. This fox has several adaptions including its deep, thick fur, a system of countercurrent heat exchange in the circulation of paws to retain core temperature, and a good supply of body fat. The arctic fox has short muzzle and legs, and short, thick ears. Very little surface area on this fox is exposed to the cold, so very little heat escapes the body. Another adaption for this animal would be it's furry paws. They allow it to walk on ice in search of food. The arctic fox's hearing allows it to hear prey underneath the snow. When it finds prey, it pounces and punches through the snow to catch its victim. Its fur changes color with the seasons: in the winter it is white to blend in with snow, while in the summer months it changes to brown.