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2006-07-03 05:49:37 · 8 answers · asked by spencer C 1 in Science & Mathematics ➔ Earth Sciences & Geology
We know more about the moon than our own ocean
2006-07-03 05:54:59 · answer #1 · answered by roadrunner 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
There are volcanic vents on the ocean floor in which it's been recently discovered that some life is flourishing. No plant life, but a pretty large variety of animal life. There are some animals that actually live on the vents, which get as hot as 340 degrees farenheit.
Also, in the "twilight zone" as it's commonly referred to, or the area of the ocean in which sunlight has completely diminished, there are creatures which are completely translucent and have very bright bioluminescent lights, some red, some blue, and some multicoloured.
One more thing is that there are actually lakes on the bottom of the ocean floor in the Marianas trench. They're composed of brine that sit on the floor amid the water, and look like the "goo lagoon" of the SpongeBob shows.
2006-07-05 04:55:02 · answer #2 · answered by LoonieGirl 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The highest tides in the world are at the Bay of Fundy, which separates New Brunswick from Nova Scotia. At some times of the year the difference between high and low tide is 53 feet 6 inches, the equivalent of a three-story building.
At the deepest point in the ocean the pressure is more than 8 tons per square inch, or the equivalent of one person trying to support 50 jumbo jets.
The Mariana Trench is deeper than the height of Mt. Everest
2006-07-03 05:56:11 · answer #3 · answered by Not_Here 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Encircling the globe like the seams of a baseball is the mid-oceanic ridge (giant underwater mountain ranges).
There are hot springs along rift valleys of the ridges. The springs are caused by high heat flow and shallow basaltic magma beneath valley, where the temp ranges from 20 C to 350 degrees Celsius. "Black Smokers" are formed by the circulation of the cold sea water being pulled downward through cracks in the crust of the floor, being heated by magma and when it is discharged back out, it forms the smokers.
2006-07-04 05:25:32 · answer #4 · answered by Yamagirl 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
well its blue, the average temperature down there is 39 degrees F,
the pacific ocean is the biggest ocean, and the average depth is 2.3 miles.
2006-07-03 05:54:22 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
oceans are the origin of life. it contains more varities of living being right living on the soil. oceans also get affected by earth quake and volcano.
2006-07-03 06:16:40 · answer #6 · answered by manish myst 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
it wud take 1000 years for a drop of water to travel around the world
2006-07-03 05:53:00 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
ummm.....there might be sea monsters down in the Pacific.......lol you never know
2006-07-03 12:25:04 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋