Ocean Exploration Talk : Notes
1. What does NOAA stand for?
Nation Oceanic & Atmosphere Admistration
2. How much bigger is NASA's budget than NOAA's?
1600 time more
3. Why doe we not have good maps of the ocean?
We have not yet seen all of the ocean
4. How much of the United States lies beneath the sea?
50%
5. On a good day, how many people are in the deep sea?
4-5
6. The Mid-Ocean Ridge covers how much of the Earths surface?
23%
7. Why does most of out planet not feel the warmth of the Sun?
Photons cannot reach into the deep sea
8. What did they find in the deep oceans?
Tubeworms, Oceanic vents, tons of different animals
9. What is the average depth of the oceans?
12,000ft
10. What is telepresence?
Virtual Presence
11. What is the Okeanos Explorer? What is it's mission?
The Okeanos is a ship from the navy and its mission is to go explore the ocean
12. Hot will it run? Explain.
Nuclear Submarine (24 hour shifts)
13. What do you think about living at sea?
I don't think I would want to live at sea, there's so many things we don;t know and it seems very dangerous.
Conclusion: Why is it important to explore out oceans?
It is important to explore our oceans because we would be able to learn things about the earth that were previously unknown.
Nation Oceanic & Atmosphere Admistration
2. How much bigger is NASA's budget than NOAA's?
1600 time more
3. Why doe we not have good maps of the ocean?
We have not yet seen all of the ocean
4. How much of the United States lies beneath the sea?
50%
5. On a good day, how many people are in the deep sea?
4-5
6. The Mid-Ocean Ridge covers how much of the Earths surface?
23%
7. Why does most of out planet not feel the warmth of the Sun?
Photons cannot reach into the deep sea
8. What did they find in the deep oceans?
Tubeworms, Oceanic vents, tons of different animals
9. What is the average depth of the oceans?
12,000ft
10. What is telepresence?
Virtual Presence
11. What is the Okeanos Explorer? What is it's mission?
The Okeanos is a ship from the navy and its mission is to go explore the ocean
12. Hot will it run? Explain.
Nuclear Submarine (24 hour shifts)
13. What do you think about living at sea?
I don't think I would want to live at sea, there's so many things we don;t know and it seems very dangerous.
Conclusion: Why is it important to explore out oceans?
It is important to explore our oceans because we would be able to learn things about the earth that were previously unknown.