Ocean+Water

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   (answer the following from the link above) ** Question 1. What percentage of water covers the earth? (we also learned this in the water cycle notes) ** = = (answer the following from the link above**)** ** Question 5. Describe salinity. (//not insanity//) **
 * Question 2. What percentage of that water is ocean water? **
 * Question 3. How did the ocean get so salty? **
 * Question 4. What's an estuary? **
 * Question 6. Identify some elements that make up Ocean Salts. **
 * Question 7. What do you think desalination (or also known as distillation) is? Give your own definition. ** **[|now you can check your definition with this one (click here)] **

-In ancient times, many civilizations used this process on their ships to convert sea water into drinking water.  -Today, distillation is perhaps the one water treatment technology  that most completely reduces the widest range of drinking water contaminants.  -In nature, this basic process is responsible for the **//hydrologic cycle//**
 * Question 8. Describe the steps of Hydrologic Cycle and explain how desalination can occur in nature. **

 Question 9. from what we learned in the last chapter what do you think the Euphotic zone describes?  (what does Eu- mean? What does -photic mean?)  Question 10. what does the aphotic zone refer to? [|check out how pressure effects how deep sea creatures live]

Question 11. Record 2 interesting and applicable facts about the Artic Ocean! <span style="color: #000080; display: block; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 110%; text-align: center;">Question 12. Record 2 interesting and applicable facts about the Atlantic Ocean!Question 13. Record 2 interesting and applicable facts about the Pacific Ocean!Question 14. Record 2 interesting and applicable facts about the Indian Ocean!Question 15. Record 2 interesting and applicable facts about the Southern Ocean! <span style="color: #0000ff; display: block; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 106%; text-align: center;">Use the ocean links below to find the information you seek <span style="color: #0000ff; display: block; font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 110%; text-align: center;"> <span style="color: #0000ff; display: block; font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 154%; text-align: center;">Check out these interesting Fact Pages below: <span style="color: #0000ff; display: block; font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 138.6%; text-align: center;">[|Fun Facts] <span style="color: #0000ff; display: block; font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 138.6%; text-align: center;"> [|Ocean Biomes]
 * <span style="color: #0000ff; display: block; font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 110%; text-align: center;"> [|Arctic Ocean] **
 * <span style="color: #0000ff; display: block; font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 110%; text-align: center;"> [|Atlantic Ocean] **
 * <span style="color: #0000ff; display: block; font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 110%; text-align: center;"> [|Pacific Ocean] **
 * <span style="color: #0000ff; display: block; font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 110%; text-align: center;"> [|Indian Ocean] **
 * <span style="color: #0000ff; display: block; font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 110%; text-align: center;"> [|Southern Ocean] **

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<span style="display: block; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; font-size: 130%; text-align: center;">[|Google Oceans Link]