1. Using the map provided above and the definition of gyre, how many gyres does the Earth have? Use the ocean they are located in to list them.
The earth has 5 gyres
2. If one degree of latitude is equivalent to 69.047 statue miles, how many miles across is the Central North Pacific Gyre? Using the map, estimate the surface area of the gyre.
The length of the North Pacific Gyre is 6905 miles
3. If the surface of the California Curent flows at approximately 1 km per hour, how far will a piece of marine debris move in 1 week?
It would move 168 km in 1 week
4. The North Pacific Current is warmer is faster than the California Current. It travels at speeds in the hundreds of kilometers per hour. SEAPLEX observers collected bottles written in Korean and Chinese (in addition to English). If the bottles floated across the Pacific Ocean from Asian shores, what is the least amount of time the bottles were in the water?
The least amount of time for a bottle to be in the water would be about 4.6 days
5. If the Pacific Ocean is approximately 17,000 km from east to west, how many days would it take the research vessel, New Horizon, traveling at a maximum speed of 10 knots to cross it? (1 knot = 1.852 kilometers per hour).
It would take around 38 days for the New Horizon to cross the Pacific Ocean
6. If the eastern edge of the Pacific Gyre is located approximately 1000 miles off the coast of California, how long would it take the New Horizon to reach it?
It takes about 87 hours or approximately 3.6 days
7. On average the New Horizon ship uses 1000 gallons of fuel per day. Do you believe that the amount of fuel it takes to reach the Patch is worth using in order to study the Garbage Patch?
I fell like its a win lose situation, on one hand you get to do important research but on the other hand that's alot of fuel you have to waste to do that research so I not sure weather its worth it or not.
The earth has 5 gyres
2. If one degree of latitude is equivalent to 69.047 statue miles, how many miles across is the Central North Pacific Gyre? Using the map, estimate the surface area of the gyre.
The length of the North Pacific Gyre is 6905 miles
3. If the surface of the California Curent flows at approximately 1 km per hour, how far will a piece of marine debris move in 1 week?
It would move 168 km in 1 week
4. The North Pacific Current is warmer is faster than the California Current. It travels at speeds in the hundreds of kilometers per hour. SEAPLEX observers collected bottles written in Korean and Chinese (in addition to English). If the bottles floated across the Pacific Ocean from Asian shores, what is the least amount of time the bottles were in the water?
The least amount of time for a bottle to be in the water would be about 4.6 days
5. If the Pacific Ocean is approximately 17,000 km from east to west, how many days would it take the research vessel, New Horizon, traveling at a maximum speed of 10 knots to cross it? (1 knot = 1.852 kilometers per hour).
It would take around 38 days for the New Horizon to cross the Pacific Ocean
6. If the eastern edge of the Pacific Gyre is located approximately 1000 miles off the coast of California, how long would it take the New Horizon to reach it?
It takes about 87 hours or approximately 3.6 days
7. On average the New Horizon ship uses 1000 gallons of fuel per day. Do you believe that the amount of fuel it takes to reach the Patch is worth using in order to study the Garbage Patch?
I fell like its a win lose situation, on one hand you get to do important research but on the other hand that's alot of fuel you have to waste to do that research so I not sure weather its worth it or not.