f4-18_classification_ofATM 107 The Oceans

Ch. 4 – Sea Floor/Sediments

Friday, 18 September 2015

 

 

Daily Announcements:

1)    Exam #1 Review Class is Friday, Sept. 25, 2:45-3:30 PM, LC-18.

2)    Exam #1 is Wednesday, September 30.

 

 

Song #1:  “Dust in the Wind” by Kansas

Song #2:  “White Squall” by Stan Rogers

 

Text Source Today:  4.2, 4.3*, 4.4^

* up to and including the sub-section “Source and Chemistry”

^ only the sub-sections “Oil and Gas” and “Gas Hydrates”

 

·       Ridges/Rises and Trenches                           Notes Template

·       Earth’s Structure Summary                             PDF    DOC

·       Sediments:  Sources, Areas of Deposit, Size, Age and Color

·       Oil, Gas and Gas Hydrates

·       Bermuda Triangle”

 

Study Guide Material (Stacey’s Guide) :

1)    Know the features of ridges/rises and trenches, and “Earth’s Structure Summary.”

2)    Know the five primary classifications of ocean sediments.

3)    Distinguish between lithogenous, biogenous, hydrogenous and cosmongenous

     sediments.  

4)    How do lithogenous sediments end up in the ocean?

5)    What gives “red clay” its characteristic color?

6)    Know the two primary types of biogenous sediments.  What are “oozes?”

7)    Where do cosmongenous sediments come from?  What are “tektites?”

8)    Distinguish between terrigenous, neritic and pelagic sediments.

9)    What approx. percentage of oil and gas production comes from offshore areas?

10)What are “gas hydrates?”  How do they “solve” the mystery of the “Bermuda

      (Devil’s) Triangle” disappearances of ships and airplanes?