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Thinking Sinking

George Feldman, Megan McCall

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What happens when you go down below the ocean?

https://www.mbari.org/products/video-library/

Any animal that lives under the ocean has to be under this kind of pressure.

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Now go outside and inflate the bike tire 14 psi per 33 feet you walk.

Okay, the real story- the ocean exerts an increase of

14.7psi (1 atmosphere) per 10m,

pressure squeezes you, not the other way around, you are already under 1 atmosphere of pressure.

Now go learn outside!

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Making a diorama

  1. Create a scale on the back of a file folder, and open it vertically.

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2. Mark where one of your

animals would live in the

vertical.

3. Attach a picture of the

animal there.

Vampyroteuthis infernalis(Chun, 2001). The Deep-Sea Guide (DSG) at http://dsg.mbari.org. Monterey Bay Aquarium Research Institute (MBARI). Consulted on: 2018-06-28

File- George Feldman, 2018

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Using Deep-Sea Guide

  • Log onto MBARI Deep- Sea Guide
  • Enter the animal name and find an image
  • Select (Data Products)
  • Select (Greater Monterey Bay) from dropdown menu to find depth information from graph