Ocean Part 1

Did you know these interesting ocean facts?
Part 1

 

•  94 percent of life on Earth is aquatic. That makes us land-dwellers a very small minority. 

• The Great Pacific Garbage Patch is a patch in the North Pacific Ocean where all the plastic garbage thrown into the ocean has accumulated and has not yet bio-degraded. 

People attempting to paddle through the garbage patch

•  The deepest part of the ocean is known as The Mariana Trench and is approximately 1,580 miles below surface.

• The Earth’s longest mountain range known as the Mid-Ocean Ridge spreads around the 
   globe from the Arctic Ocean to the Atlantic Ocean. 
   

Bright blue patch is Great Barrier Reef from Space.

• The Great Barrier Reef is the largest coral reef on Earth, measuring larger than Britain. It is off the coast of Australia and is so large and vibrant it can be seen from outer space.

 What will the next topic be? You'll just have to come back to find out!

http://www.motherearthnews.com/nature-and-environment/fun-surprising-facts-about-the-oceans.aspx  
http://www.abc.net.au/science/articles/2014/06/04/4018335.htm 
https://www.google.com/search?q=what+is+the+deepest+part+of+the+ocean&ie=utf-8&oe=utf-8  
http://marinebio.org/marinebio/facts/