Oceans

By Ian, Forrest, and Mimi

What is an ocean BiomeThere are two distinct ocean biomes: Freshwater regions and Marine regions.Freshwater regions consist of: Lakes, ponds, rivers, streams, wetlands, and marshes. Marine regions contain the following: Coral reefs, estuaries ,and oceans. Most of the world’s water is saltwater. Saltwater makes up 97% of the Earth’s water. Water covers about 75% of our planet. From oceans to rivulets, aquatic biomes are

host to a wide variety of life-forms, and minerals, from the most common algae to the most mysterious deep-sea creature.

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Location Temperature

Precipitation Animal Adaptations Plant AdaptationsFun Facts

Food ChainBibliography

Location

• All of the purple area on the map is ocean

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Temperature

• The Average temperature ranges from 35 degrees Celsius to -1.9 degrees Celsius.

• The 35 degrees Celsius temperature is found in shallow tropical waters.

• The -1.9 degrees Celsius was found in Antarctic waters.

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Precipitation

• About 207,199 square kilometers of water evaporates from the oceans each year.

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Animal Adaptations

• Fish– Their gills take in oxygen from the water.– They have adapted so that they have special organs to remove the extra salt

from their body and release it back into the water.– They also adapted so that they can produce proteins called glycoprotein that

act like an antifreeze.

• Seahorse– Because seahorses move slowly, the are highly vulnerable to their predators– To deal with danger, the have adapted so they are colored and marked to

match their surroundings.

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Plant adaptations

• Diatoms– They have a simple, geometric shape and a hard, glasslike cell wall– They have adapted so they can live in Cold water.

• Dinoflagellates– They have whip-like attachments so that they can move around in the

water.– They live in Tropical Zones

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Fun facts• Due to rising and falling tides, coastal areas are constantly changing, with various

animals and marine plants living at the bottom, and on the seashore.

• We know as much about the ocean as we do outer space!

• Saltwater makes up 97% of the Earth’s water. Water covers about 75% of our planet.

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Ray, C. Claiborne. "Cold Fish." New York Times 9 July 2002: F2. Gale Student Resources In Context. Web. 21 Sept. 2010.

"Ocean." UXL Encyclopedia of Biomes. Ed. Marlene Weigel. Detroit: UXL, 2008. Gale Science In Context. Web. 21 Sept. 2010.

"Seahorses." The Gale Encyclopedia of Science. Ed. K. Lee Lerner and Brenda Wilmoth Lerner. 4th ed. Detroit: Gale, 2008. Gale Student Resources In Context. Web. 22 Sept. 2010.

Dinoflagellates. (Image). <http://www.biologyjunction.com/>

Diatoms. (Image). <http://people.westminstercollege.edu/>

090104-05-pygmy-seahorse-pictures_big. (image). <http://www.google.com/imgres?imgurl=http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2009/02/photogalleries/new-seahorse-sea-life-found/images/primary/090104-05-pygmy-seahorse-pictures_big.jpg&imgrefurl=http://news.nationalgeographic.com>Table of Contents Next Slide

Bibliography Continued• Algae20100408. (image). <http://scitizen.com>

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