2006-09-11 19:32:00 · 9 answers · asked by toptopend12 1 in Science & Mathematics ➔ Earth Sciences & Geology
Officially there are 5 sub-divisions of the World Ocean:
Pacific Ocean
Atlantic Ocean
Indian Ocean
Southern Ocean (reclassified and formally known as the Antarctic Ocean)
Arctic Ocean.
2006-09-11 20:21:39 · answer #1 · answered by slynx000 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The global, interconnected body of salt water, called the World Ocean, is generally divided by the continents and archipelagos into the following bodies, from the largest to the smallest: the Pacific Ocean, the Atlantic Ocean, the Indian Ocean, the Southern Ocean, and the Arctic Ocean.
One or five, therefore.
Geologically, an ocean is an area of oceanic crust covered by water. Oceanic crust is the thin layer of solidified volcanic basalt that covers the Earth's mantle where there are no continents. From this point of view, there are three "oceans" today: the World Ocean, and the Black and Caspian Seas that were formed by the collision of Cimmeria with Laurasia. The Mediterranean Sea is very nearly its own "ocean", being connected to the World Ocean through the Strait of Gibraltar, and indeed several times over the last few million years movement of the African Continent has closed the strait off entirely,
Three or four, therefore, depending on what geological era you are discussing.
2006-09-12 02:58:09 · answer #2 · answered by Not_many_people_know_this_but 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The usual list includes Arctic, Atlantic, Indian, Pacific, and Antarctic. The boundaries are not well defined. Sometimes one of these is divided -- e.g. North Atlantic, South Atlantic.
2006-09-12 03:38:20 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Mainly Pacific,Atlantic cover the entire globe. Rest are small. eg arctic,antarctic,Indian,Mediterranean and so on
2006-09-12 02:35:44 · answer #4 · answered by openpsychy 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Just one but it's devided into 7 I believe.
2006-09-12 02:33:34 · answer #5 · answered by Harsh Noise Wall 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
only one
there is only one Global ocean
people in their ignorence have divided it up and given it incorrectly different names
probably for navigational purposes so that they would have a name for their position.
but it is one conected global ocean nevertheless.
2006-09-12 02:36:18 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
technicaly one but divided into regions -- atlantic, pacific, arctic, indian, southern
2006-09-12 02:37:14 · answer #7 · answered by foundation 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
pacific, atlantic, indian, artic OCEAN
2006-09-12 02:34:53 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
ONE, from where i live.. PACIFIC OCEAN. also known as huntington beach!
2006-09-12 02:33:52 · answer #9 · answered by jv637 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋