Oceanography
Oceanography. Have you ever heard of it? Ive always wondered about what the ocean is truly like and how we can become at one with it. Water has been a huge part of my life and I could not live with out it, so I though for Week 6, I could think about oceanography.
Oceanography is “a branch of science that deals with the physical and biological properties and phenomena of the sea.” Dictionary Definition.
A student of oceanography is called an oceanographer. An oceanographer studies the ocean. There are many fields when studying oceanography such as marine life, ecosystems, ocean circulation, plate tectonics, the geology of the sea floor, and marine ecology.Depending on what field you choose the job will vary.
Educational Video
The video I found is called When Your Job Is Saving The Ocean. The video is created by Mashable. I found this video very interesting. It explains the day to day job of a marine biologist in the United States. It also talks a lot about saving the ocean as a part of the job and I find that very powerful. The video is based off of a woman named Ariadne
Reynolds, and how her dream was to become a marine biologist, as it was for many young people, but it is a lot dirtier then what it looks like. Ariadne talks about how lucky she is to experience a place in the world that very little get to experience. She also talks about how a little bit of change goes so far, and that under the water a certain plant or animal species can grow so fast, so to say that if you were to change one thing about an environment or atmosphere, that you could truly see the change quickly.
Two Truths And One Lie
After watching that video, I have a quick little 2 truths and 1 lie test to see if you’ve retained the information, and your ready to move on. Let’s start!
1. Oceanology is what you call people studying oceanography.
2. Climate change can be studied by oceanographers
3. Oceanographers must have a strong understanding of chemistry, geology and physics.
Hope you guys can get it, and if you need a bit of help this is the website that I used to find this information on this topic! Also just leave a comment and I will help you out!
Thanks so much for reading about oceanography, and I hope that you guys have retained some new information about the ocean and its studies!
