10 facts about the OCEAN Fact 1.

About 140 million square miles (362 million km) covers the earth surface. The oceans occupy nearly 71% of the earth. Fact 2. The lowest point on Earth is called the Challenger Deep in the Marianas Trench in the western Pacific.

Fact 3.

The Dead Sea is the Earths lowest land point with an elevation of 396m below sea level.

Fact 4.

The average temperature of the ocean is 2 degrees Celsius, about 39 degrees Fahrenheit

Fact 5.

90% of all volcanic activity occurs in the ocean. Fact 6. The Pacific Ocean, the worlds largest water body, occupies a third of the Earths surface. The Pacific contains about 25,000 islands. Fact 7. The oceans provide 99% of the Earths living space. Humans have explored less than 10% of this living space.

Fact 8.

Our planet could not survive without the tiny, free-floating organism called phytoplankton.

Fact 9.

Coral is so close to the chemistry of human bones that it is now being used to replace or repair bones in the human body.

Fact 10.

The Colossal squid is twice as long as a school bus.