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The Indian ocean is the third largest ocean and contains 20% of Earth's water surface. That translates to 284 million cubic kilometers of water.
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Where do plants in the ocean get carbon?
Carbon Dioxide dissolves in ocean water. Plants in the ocean use the carbon dioxide dissolved in the ocean water.
How much of the total water is in the ocean?
1,310,000,000 cubic kilometers. Each cubic km = 264,172,052,360 gallons
What is it called when a hurricane causes the water of the ocean to rise much higher than usual?
The storm surge.
Is drinking ocean water harmful?
Answer Drinking water is good for you. Salt water is salty but it makes you drink a lot. Answer Drinking ocean water is not reccommended. It is not very clean, so you could get ill from it. Also, because it is so salty, it can cause problems for your body. Your body needs water with much less salt in it
Why is some ocean water clearer than some other ocean waters?
Less clear water has more algae and other nutrients. It is much more suitable for sustaining life. Clearer water has less nutrients, etc. and is less suitable for sustaining life.
Which is not about a wave in the open ocean?
The waves in the open ocean are usually caused by the friction of the winds over the open ocean of water. The waves in the ocean vary in strength and size depending with the speed of wind and the friction with the surface of water.
What is a wide open ocean?
It is water
Which is not true about a wave in the open ocean?
The waves in the open ocean are usually caused by the friction of the winds over the open ocean of water. The waves in the ocean vary in strength and size depending with the speed of wind and the friction with the surface of water.
Is the Black Sea salt water or fresh water?
Saltwater, but it is much less salty than the open ocean at least on the surface.
How much light is in the open ocean?
Very much because the open ocean is basically the surface-ish area.
What does open water zone mean?
The deepest, darkest area of the ocean beyond the edge of the continental shelf.Open ocean is the part of an ocean where there is no land within a reasonable distance.
How many ships sunk on open ocean by tsunamis?
None in the open ocean because in the open ocean the tsunami waves are not very large. They only build as they hit shallow water.
Of the 3 zones of the ocean in which would the water be most dense?
open ocean zone
Why is the climate in the Antarctic is so much colder than in the Arctic?
The continent of Antarctica is in the Antarctic, storing 90% of the earth's store of ice. It is about 30 degrees F colder in Antarctica than in the open water of the Arctic ocean. Antarctica is a continent surrounded by the Southern Ocean. The Arctic is open water -- the Arctic ocean -- surrounded by land.
How much fresh water is in the ocean?
The Pacific Ocean is salty, there is no fresh water in it.
How much fresh water different from ocean water?
fresh water doesnt have saltinity in it but, ocean water does.
What is marine salt water?
'Marine' = to do with the sea and open ocean.
