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MAR 105 - Introduction to Oceanography
Dr. Anastasia
1Dr. Jean R. AnastasiaEmail: [email protected] page: www2.sunysuffolk.edu/anastaj
1Attendance
• All students are expected to attend every class session of each course for which they are registered.
• Cannot miss lab
• Students are responsible for all that transpires in class whether or not they are in attendance.
1Textbook
•Essentials of Oceanography, 10th edition, Trujillo and Thurman. Prentice Hall. 2011.
•Options for e-book or rental
•Let me know if you have another text
•Lab Manual at Bookstore
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Grading Lecture:
3 lecture exams will be given Lowest grade will be dropped ONLY
IF all exams have been takenNo- make-up exams2 highest grades combine to make
up 45% of your course grade
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Grading
Laboratory:
35% of your course grade lab exercises
field trips
2 lab exams
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Grading
Final Exam:
–A cumulative final exam will constitute 20% of your course grade. It will be given on the last day of class
1Extra Credit
• 10 current, oceanography-related articles and an in-depth analysis/ summary of each article
• Due by May 8th– NO LATE JOURNALS WILL BE ACCEPTED
1Field Trips
• This course includes field trips that will take the place of lab periods.
• Attendance on these field trips is expected.
1MAR 105 LAB SCHEDULESpring 2013 Monday Topic Weekend Trips** These dates are tentative and subject to change**
Lab Schedule
1/28 Introduction/ Ice Breaker
2/4 Scientific method and Density
2/11 Plate Tectonics/ Ocean Contour I (complete the graph and coloring)AT HOME
2/18 NO CLASS- Presidents Day
2/25 Ocean Contour 1 continued& Ocean Contour II
3/4 Salinity, Temp & Density
3/11 Ocean Circulation
3/18 Lab Exam 1
3/25 NO CLASS- Spring Break
4/1 Waves
4/8 Beach Field Trip
4/15 Sediment
4/22 Plankton
4/29 NO LAB- weekend trip Atlantis Marine WorldSat 5/4 at 11:00
5/6 Marine Pollution
5/13 Lab Exam 2-
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The Ocean
Ocean Facts:
• Covers 71% of the earth’s surface
• Accounts for 97% of the water on earth (rest in land ice, groundwater, lakes & rivers)
• Average depth = 3,796 meters (12,451 feet) (deepest = Mariana trench 11,022 m or 36,163 ft)
• Average temp = 3.9oC (only 39oF)
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Fig. 1-1b, p. 2
Most of Earth’s Water is Salt Water
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Figure 1.3
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Figure 1.2
4 Plus 1 Major Oceans of the World
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Local Saltwater…Water Bodies of Long Island
Peconic
Bay
Moriches Bay
Shinnecock Bay
• Oceanography is the scientific study of the ocean by applying traditional sciences, such as physics, chemistry, geology, biology, and engineering, to all aspects of the ocean.
Oceanography: What Is It?
Subdisciplines of Oceanography
• Geological Oceanography-
– Composition of ocean floor and the earth• Physical oceanography-
– Movement of water (waves, currents…)• Chemical Oceanography-
– Ocean’s dissolved solids and gases • Marine biology (Biological
Oceanography)-
– marine organisms, the impact of human activities on these organisms