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- ** Oceans ** Oceans cover 70% of Earth. 90% of the worlds water. There are 5 oceans: The Arctic, The Atlantic, The Indian, The Pacific, and the Southern Oceans. All oceans have smaller seas,bays, and gulfs.All together the oceans are called the World Ocean.The Pacific Ocean is the largest of the 5 at 63,800,000 sq. miles, It borders North and South America and the West coasts of Asia and Australia. The Atlantic is the second largest is the Atlantic at 41,100,575 sq. miles, it borders the eastern coasts of North and South America and the Western coasts of Europe and Africa. The Indian Ocean is 28,400,130 sq. miles and borders North and South Aisa and West Africa and East Australia. The Southern Ocean is 7,848,299 sq miles and the Arctic is around 5,490,179 sq.miles. Climate- The Ocean varies in temperature the coldest being at 28 degreese farenheight in the Polar Regions. It can reach up to 97 degreese in the warmer areas. The deeper you go in the ocean the cooler it gets.Waves are caused by wind, earthquakes, landslides, and volcanoes. Surface waves are created by winds. Heard of being stuck in a current? This can happen because currents usually have a strong pull. Currents are continuos streams moving along a definate path, they can be warm or cool.If you have ever been to a beach, you know that there are two tides: High Tide and Low Tide. These are a constant rise and fall of ocean level. The gravitational pull of the Earth and the Moon create these tides. There are 5 zones in the ocean. The Sunlight, Twilight, Midnight, Abyssal, and Hadal Zone. Some prehistoric species are said to still live in the deepest depths of the ocean.The oceans contain many ecosystems and species, though not all of them have been discovered. A few of the animal and plant species living in this mass of water are:

1. Seaweed
 * Phaeton 2. Algae
 * Pin-fish 3. Dark star[[image:Food_Chain_Sara_Oswald.png width="442" height="284" align="right"]]
 * fly-fish 4.Sea-Cactus
 * Nurse Sharks 5.Fungal Blooms
 * Mako Sharks 6.Ocean Lilly
 * Narwhal 7.Cimarron
 * Sting Ray 8.Yorma Bulb
 * Whales 9.Red Ticle
 * Tarpon 10.and Seagrass
 * Tuna
 * Sardines
 * and Jellyfish


 * What we can do to help the Ocean** -We can Recyle more, to not bump things in the Ocean that we can reuse for something that we might can use in the future,and to tell OTHER people about what their doing and tell them what they can do to help the Ocean and its creatures. ​

** Did You Know??? **
 * **//Sharks can NEVER stop swimming or they will drown!//**
 * **//Orca Whales, also known as Killer Whales are the only whales that eat meat!//**
 * **//Jellyfish don't have eyes, they just float with the current!//**

By:Sara Oswald and Mikayla Jones
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