Ocean Movement - Waves and Tides
Pretend that you have been chosen by your school to teach a one-day class on ocean movement to your fellow Earth science students. As one part of your instruction, you plan to draw a diagram of wave anatomy. Before turning the class over to you, the science department lead teacher wants to make sure that your diagram is correct.
First, draw a general wave diagram and label its anatomy, including:
- Wavelength
- Wave height
- Trough
- Crest
- Calm sea level or equilibrium
For the second part of your lesson, create two diagrams that model the positions of the Earth, Sun, and Moon during a neap tide and a spring tide. Make sure to indicate the difference in tidal influence between the Sun and the Moon.
These diagrams should be your original work, so you should not use clipart or images from other sources. Your diagrams should be well-organized and clearly-labeled. Each diagram should include a title. Before you begin, review the Ocean Movement Diagram Checklist so that you understand how your assignment will be graded.
Options to create your diagrams include the following:
- Hand-draw the assignment and then take a picture of it for submission to the assignment’s dropbox.
- Hand-draw the assignment and then scan it for submission to the assignment’s dropbox.
- Utilize a paint, presentation, word processing, or graphics program to create the diagrams.
Once you have completed your drawings, please submit the image files to the dropbox.