Oceans and Seas

With the formation of Earth, volcanoes yielded large amounts of water vapor into the atmosphere. The Earth cooled, and the vapor condesed, forming seas and oceans. Salt of the oceans and seas comes from rivers that carry the sea. When seawater evaporates, salt is concentrated further.
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Oceans and Seas

Most of the water in the hydrosphere, is liquid (between 0 and 100 C) Form the seas and oceans, rivers and streams. It is life originated in this state and where the most important applications for humans, such as drinking and cooking and personal hygiene and clothing and human habitat. A large part of the atmosphere ir formed by liquid water.
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Pacific

Atlantic

Oceans
Antarctic Indian

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Ocean: Arctic Glacial

The smaller of the planet.

Around the North Pole and extending to northern Europe, Asia and America.

Ice caps can be found up to four meters thick.

Temperature: winter: -50 C; summer: 0 C.
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Ocean: Antarctic Glacial

It extends from the Antarctic coast to 60 S Is the penultimate ocean in extension. Surrounds completely the Antarctic.

The sea temperature varies from +10 C to -2 C.

Reserve of natural resources: oil fields, natural gas and manganese..

The largest reservoir of freshwater in the world: almost 81% of the total.

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Ocean: Atlantic

Separates America from Europe and Africa. From the Arctic to the Antarctic.

The Ecuador artificially divides it in two parts, North Atlantic and South Atlantic.

The name comes from the Greek Atlas (Titan).

Maximun depth in the Puerto Rico Trench.

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Ocean: Pacific
The largest ocean on Earth, took the third part of the Earth.

It extends from the Arctic to the Antarctic.

It reaches its greatest width (19,800 km) from Indonesia to Panama. The Pacific contains about 25,000 islands, almost all in southern Ecuador.

The lowest point of the crust, the Mariana Trencha, is located in the Pacific.

If communicates with the Atlantic through the Panama Canal and the Strait of Magellan in Chile.

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Ocean: Indian

The third largest ocean on Earth.

Bathes the coasts of East Africa, Southeast Asia and Australia.

If covers 20% of the planets surface.

It measures 10,000 km wide between Africa and Australia.

Serves as a transit route between Asia and Africa.

So named because bathes the coasts of India and Indonesia.

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Oceans and Seas

The ocean waters are always in motion due to the action of:

Waves: water ripples formed by wind.

Tides: rise and fall of sea level due to the attraction of the Moon. Ocean Currents: large rivers that run through the oceans: Warm Stream Cold Stream
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To learn more

Oceans

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Water: blue gold

The geological action of the sea How the Earth was formed
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Oceans and Seas

Vocational and professional guidance
(for an integrated curriculum)

Profession: Oceanography Industry: Hydroelectric Instrument: Sonar Biography: James Hutton

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