2. How does it differ from Marine Biology?
Study of the ocean, its surroundings, and life
within it.
Marine bio studies marine organisms’
anatomy, physiology, behavior; more
individualistic.
5. Ocean Area (square miles) Average Depth (ft) D
Pacific
Ocean
64,186,000 15,215 Marian
Atlantic
Ocean
33,420,000 12,881 Puerto R
Indian
Ocean
28,350,000 13,002 Java
Southern
Ocean
7,848,300 sq. miles
(20.327 million sq km )
13,100 - 16,400 ft deep
(4,000 to 5,000 meters)
the souther
Trench,
Arctic
Ocean
5,106,000 3,953 Euras
Comparison of Oceans Size
33. • collected thousands of biological and sea
bottom samples
• traveled in every ocean except arctic
• cruise directed by Charles Wyville Thompson
• 362 stations, 715 new genera, 5000 new
species
• discovered Mariana
Trench and Mindarniad
(34,000 ft deep)
Voyage of the HMS Challenger (1872-1876)
34. Voyage of the HMS Challenger (1872-1876)
HMS Challenger's
Chemical Laboratory
Deep sea Collections
35. Late 19th century – early 20th century:
•Founding a number of important marine
laboratories, including coastal labs and open
ocean labs.
Founded 1903
Founded 1930
1888
38. Rachel Louise Carson (1907-1964)
Marine biologist at U.S. Bureau of Fisheries & Fish & Wildlife
Service
39. Jacque Cousteau (1910-1997)
Navy officer, explorer, film maker,
inventor of scuba (1947)
"From birth, man carries the weight of gravity
on his shoulders. He is bolted to the earth. But
man has only to sink beneath the surface and
he is free.”
45. Inquiry
1. The 4 major disciplines of oceanography
are _____.
2. The tallest mtn in the world is____.
3. The ave. depth of the ocean is ____.
4. What are modern and ancient ways to
navigate?
5. Who discovered the Marianas trench and
how was it done?
6. Who traveled to it’s depths?
7. What was Rachael Carson known for?