Harbours to Highlands A Geography Manual
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"Offshore Oil and Gas Industry"
Reading Between the Lines

1. 12 hours x 21 days = 252 hours

"Looking Under the Ocean"
Comprehension Questions

1. Oceanographers are scientists who study the seas.
2. Near the surface of the water.
3. It moves because the huge plates of the Earth's crust are always on the move and the ocean floor slowly moves along with them.
4. 2.5 centimeters
5. The continental shelf is the underwater land close to the edge of the continents.

"Looking Under the Ocean"
Trivia Question

30 meters (100 feet)

"Looking Under the Ocean"
Substitutions

1. bid/hid/lid/rid 2. die/pie/tie 3. tea/pea
4. bear/dear/fear/gear/hear/near/pear/tear/wear 5. bind/kind/mind/rind/wind
6. dive/five/give/hive 7. bold/fold/gold/hold/mold/sold/told
8. dew/few 9. cut/gut/hut/nut/rut 10. keep/peep/seep
11. cove/dove/love 12. way/gay/hay/lay/may/say
13. ban/fan/man/pan/ran 14. bill/hill/sill/will/pill

"Ocean Currents - Atlantic Canada"
Comprehension Questions

1. An ocean current is a large, strong flow of ocean water created by a number of different forces.
2. Some forces that create ocean currents are water temperature, winds, and the rotation of the Earth.
3. The force from the Earth's rotation helps to create ocean currents.
4. Counterclockwise.
5. The Gulf Stream.

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