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NAME_________________________ LAB DAY________________ Ocean Contour Part 2 – The Pacific Investigating the Deepest Ocean Depth - Mariana Trench INTRODUCTION: The deepest ocean depth is known as the Challenger Deep. It lies at the southern end of a major Pacific trench system known as the Mariana Trench, just south of the island of Guam (at 11O 22.394’ N and 142O 35.541’ E). The deep was named after the British research vessel, Challenger II, that first discovered it. In the 1960’s two scientists, Jacques Picard and Don Walsh, working with the US Navy, took the bathyscaphe Trieste to the bottom of the Challenger Deep, seven miles below the surface. In this investigation we will use bathymetric data from the British Royal Navy charts of the Mariana Island group to create a side view or profile of the Challenger Deep. To accomplish this you will plot a simple line graph using the data below. Plot depth (in meters) on the y-axis and distance (in kilometers) on the x-axis. After you have drawn your profile, continue following the instructions which are found on the back of this investigation. Distance (km) Depth m (-)10 -2200 (-)2 -2000 (-).6 -1280 0 +406 .6 -1280 16 -1000 24 -33 32 -1000 40 -3000 48 -3915 56 -4555 64 -3000 72 -2791 80 -3000 88 -2791 96 -3658 104 -3000 112 -3200 120 -2584 128 -3100 136 -4200 144 -7100 152 -8200 160 -11200 (deepest/trench) 168 -10000 176 -9000 184 -8000 192 -7000 200 -5900 208 -5100 216 -4588 224 -4200 232 -3840 240 -3800 PROCEDURE 1. The graph paper was prepared by marking a suitable horizontal scale for distance from Guam, and a vertical scale for depths of the ocean. Note that it uses a horizontal scale of 1 inch = 30 km. The vertical scale is 1 inch = 3 km (3000 meters). 2. Plot all points shown in the table and label them as indicated in the footnotes of the table. 3. Note that all (Oceanic) Crust to the East (right) of the Challenger Deep is part of the Pacific Plate and all (Ocean