final blog

Oceanography is the branch of science that deals with the physical and biological properties and phenomena of the sea. During this course we learned a numerous amount about the ocean and did a lot of labs.  The labs taught us about the tides, the temperatures, the salinity, the density, the minerals found on the ocean floor as well as washed up on the shoreline. There is so much living matter within the waters, and we hardly even know the half of it all.  We learned that most hurricanes happen in the Summer, take a couple hours to take form, and strike the east coast days later. The moon has effects upon the ocean, and the tides are often high or low depending on time of day and the position of the moon. And, lastly, there was the study of heat in water. There is no cold, only less warm. If the water has a lower temperature, it has higher density. Deeper down in the ocean it is more dense and cold than it is up at the surface. I learned a lot of new interesting things during this class and got to experiment with differnt substances as well.