The ocean is one of Earth’s most valuable natural resources. It provides food in the form of fish and shellfish—about 200 billion pounds are caught each year. It’s used for transportation—both travel and shipping. It provides a treasured source of recreation for humans. It is mined for minerals (salt‚ sand‚ gravel‚ and some manganese‚ copper‚ nickel‚ iron‚ and cobalt can be found in the deep sea) and drilled for crude oil. The ocean plays a critical role in removing carbon from the atmosphere and
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surface. It includes all five oceans the Arctic‚ Indian‚ Southern‚ Atlantic‚ and Pacific. In it There are many many types of fish and also some mammals. The oceans span wide and deep. There are also plants in the ocean. The ocean is a vast and mysterious place where we are still discovering many things about it everyday. The physical attributes of the ocean depend on which ocean you explore‚for example the Arctic ocean is very cold but the Pacific ocean is warm. In the ocean there is a deep portion and
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------------------------------------------------- Frank Ocean Christopher Francis Ocean (born Christopher Breaux; October 28‚ 1987)‚ better known by his stage name Frank Ocean‚ is an American singer-songwriter from New Orleans‚ Louisiana. Ocean’s early career was as a ghostwriter for artists such as Brandy‚ Justin Bieber‚ and John Legend. In 2010‚ he became a member of alternative hip hop collective OFWGKTA‚ and his debut mixtape‚ Nostalgia‚ Ultra‚ was released the following year to critical acclaim
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In “Opinion: The Oceans Need the Spotlight Now” written by Politha Kohona‚ he argues the world needs to unite and take care of the ocean before it is too late. He explains this through exploring the treatment of oceans in the past and currently. Kohona believes the oceans are at risk of becoming yet another battlefield for resources. This attempt to procure resources will lead to rivalry amongst the nations of the world and put the oceans and the fragile ecosystems within at risk. The risks will
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Homework on Ocean Floor Instructionon on how to download the movie online: Go to the link: http://www.learner.org/resources/series78.html# and click on the next to the “4. Sea Floor”. To avoid pop-up blocker‚ press CRTL key as you click on the If you click on the movie screen‚ you will get a full screen view. After watching the 30 minute movie on The Sea Floor‚ answer the following questions by typing in a separate sheet of paper. (As you watch the movie gather as much information
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An Ocean Habitat or sometimes refer to as a marine environment is a place in the ocean where plants and animals interact with the chemical and physical features of the environment. An Ocean habitat is a place where communities of organisms live. The three main ocean habitats of the ocean are the open water‚ the soft sandy to muddy bottom and the hard shore. Examples of ocean habitats are the coral reefs‚ the estuaries and the abyssal zone. Habitats can be classified in a number of ways in order
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Plastic in Our Oceans 46‚000 pieces of plastic per square mile make up 90% of our ocean’s trash accumulation (Nichol‚ 2012‚ Plastics‚ like Diamonds‚ are forever‚ para. 1). Within the areas‚ many animals will either ingest‚ become entangled in‚ or even die due to the high plastic amounts. Nearly 267 species are harmed by plastic (Nichol‚ 2012‚ Fast Facts). With such deadly effects due to yearly accumulation‚ the banning of plastic bags and reduction of usage in a household will improve overall health
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The Ocean Ranger The Ocean Ranger was an offshore exploration oil drilling platform that sank in Canadian waters 315 kilometres southeast from St. John’s Newfoundland‚ on the Grand Banks of Newfoundland on February 15‚ 1982‚ with 84 crewmembers onboard. The Ocean Ranger was the largest semi-submersible‚ offshore exploration‚ oil drilling platform of the day. Built in 1976 by Japan’s Mitsubishi Heavy Industries‚ it operated off the coasts of Alaska‚ New Jersey‚ Ireland‚ and in November 1980 moved
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Seas and oceans provide various types of resources to human beings and habitats to numerous species of plants and animals. They play very important roles in the economy of a nation and its people. Still‚ the marine and coastal ecosystems are under severe stress due to human activities. Ocean Resources The ocean is one of Earth ’s most valuable natural resources. It provides food in the form of fish and shellfish—about 200 billion pounds are caught each year. It ’s used for transportation—both travel
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Imagine being a little kid‚ playing in the ocean. All the waves are crashing and you are jumping over them. Suddenly‚ you see a large amount of trash‚ beer bottles‚ plastic containers‚ and strings that hold all of it together. You remove the trash from the ocean and put it into a trashcan. By this small task‚ you have supported the sustainability of the ocean. “Sustainability is ensuring that critical social‚ economic‚ and ecological processes are maintained in a way so that both the short and long-term
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