SAPPHIRE SEA FRONTIER · AQUALING
Exploring the Ocean
Tide Dock Station
Learn with Aqualing, then use your clues in the adventure. Pause whenever you need time to read or think.
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Your Tide Dock Station adventure
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Aqualing — Exploring the Ocean Tide Dock Station
Hi!
I'm Aqualing.
Welcome to Tide Dock Station!
Will you help me investigate exploring the ocean?
The Grumblies have mixed up our clues.
Let's check the evidence!
Earth has one connected global ocean,
often divided into named regions on maps.
Its water contains dissolved salts.
Are the named oceans connected?
- A. Yes
- B. No, each is sealed off
- C. Only during high tide
The answer is A: Yes
Earth has one connected global ocean,
often divided into named regions on maps.
Its water contains dissolved salts.
That clue helps us make sense of this place.
The seafloor has mountains, plains, ridges and trenches.
A flat blue patch on a small map does not
mean the bottom is flat.
Which feature is deeper in our chart?
- A. The shallow shelf
- B. Both must have equal depths
- C. The trench
The answer is C: The trench
Our chart marks a shallow continental shelf and a deep trench.
Use the depth key to compare them;
the trench extends farther below sea level.
Hmm...
how does that connect to our first clue?
Our chart marks a shallow continental shelf and a deep trench.
Use the depth key to compare them;
the trench extends farther below sea level.
What makes ocean water salty?
- A. Only floating leaves
- B. Dissolved salts
- C. Only floating sand
The answer is B: Dissolved salts
Earth has one connected global ocean,
often divided into named regions on maps.
Its water contains dissolved salts.
Nice investigating!
You've been following the evidence.
Let's bring our clues together before the adventure.
Earth has one connected global ocean,
often divided into named regions on maps.
The seafloor has mountains, plains, ridges and trenches.
Our chart marks a shallow continental shelf and a deep trench.
You're ready to explore Tide Dock Station with me!
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