learning+from+ocean+sediments

Include the following: what sediments are and where sediments come from minerals and chemicals found in sediments deep ocean sediments sedimentary layers and why they are deeper in some places than others how we learn about the past from ocean sediments

Definitions to include: sediments inorganic sediments organic sediments turbidity current terrigenous

Questions to research:

Why is ocean sediment so tiny?

what is the average amount of composed animal in one sugar. inch of deep ocean sediment?

are there different kinds of ocean sediments? -JM

What other components make up ocean sediments and why is there so much? -JB

How many sediments are in the ocean? -JM

What different types of sediments

http://www.elcamino.edu/faculty/tnoyes/Readings/11BR.pdf

How can ocean sediments effect the climate?

how many feet deep do ocean sediments go until it reaches dry dirt under the ocean surface? -JB

how does pollution effect sediments? -JM

//**Does the ocean bring up the rocks and soil when it comes up?????**//
 * ~ Angela and Sydney**
 * //where does the sediments come come from?????//**
 * ~ Angela,Sydney**

How are Ocean sediments formed from Turbidity Currents? - Jonathan Ionescu and Jaxon Costello

Useful websites: http://www.classzone.com/books/earth_science/terc/content/visualizations/es2305/es2305page01.cfm?chapter_no=visualization http://www.waterencyclopedia.com/Oc-Po/Ocean-Floor-Sediments.html http://www.biologybrowser.com/node/1431255 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Erosion Nick Dryfoos, Mckenzie Wirth,Taylor Vasilik, Nicholas Fortunato, Jonathan Ionescu, Jaxon Costello, Juliet Mercado, Jared Burkhardt