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Tropical waters, while beautiful, have high light levels and are nutrient poor. The murkier temperate oceans are nutrient dense and have low light levels allowing for abundant plankton and algae formation.
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Name an ocean current that transports warm water away from tropical oceans?
gulf stream
How does ocean affect the climate of continent?
Oceans have lots of water. This water can cause hurricanes or tropical storms. Winds coming off the ocean can cool the land.
What is the name for a hurricane that forms in the Pacific or Indian Oceans?
Typhoon - in the Pacific Cyclone - in the Indian Ocean Hurricane - in the Atlantic Generically they are tropical depressions.
What are hurricanes and where do they form?
Hurricanes are powerful swirling storms found in tropical parts of the Atlantic Ocean (called tropical cyclones in Asia or typhoons in Oceania ) . Hurricanes usually begin over tropical parts of the world's oceans where the temperature is more than 27 degree Celsius.
What two oceans separate the us from much of the world?
The main oceans are the Atlantic Ocean, and the Pacific Ocean.
What ocean do oarfish live?
Found in all temperate to tropical oceans.
What is the weather of temperate oceans?
Temperate oceans appear to be more green than other oceans. Temperatures in the temperate oceans tend to fluctuate more than tropical oceans. Temperate oceans are also not as clear as tropical oceans.
What ocean does a great white live?
Great Whites live in all the Oceans except the Artic Ocean in Tropical-temperate climates.
What are some tropical and temperate oceans that dolphins live in?
North and South Atlantic; North and South Pacific; Indian Ocean.
Which ocean do a tiger shark be in?
It is found in many of the tropical and temperate regions of the world's oceans, and is especially common around islands in the central Pacific
What are facts about temperate oceans?
The temperate ocean is all of the ocean other than the tropical ocean. They have moderate temperatures, which means they are neither hot nor cold.
What is the cuttlefishes natural habitat?
inhabit tropical/temperate ocean waters. They are mostly shallow-water animals although they are known to go to depths of about 600 metres (2,000 ft)
What is a blowfishes habitat?
The blowfishs main habitat is that of the Tropical Ocean or The Temperate Ocean
What ocean zone is a star fish in?
Starfish are found in all temperate or tropical oceans. They are hugely adaptable and can live happily on sandy, coral, muddy or rocky seabeds. They are most abundant in the Atlantic ocean.
What ocean does the octopus live in?
Octopi live in the temperate regions of all oceans and the Mediterranean.
What continents are seahorses located?
Seahorses are located in the ocean and continents are pieces of land, therefore there is no continent with seahorses. As for oceans, seahorses primarily live in tropical or temperate waters and are found nearly worldwide.
What oceans do seahorses live in?
They might live in the Atlantic ocean or the pacific ocean;)
