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Pacific Ocean
The Pacific Ocean is the largest in the world and is bounded by Asia and Australia on the west and North and South America on the east.
2,049 Questions
Is the Great Barrier Reef in the Pacific Ocean?
The Great Barrier Reef is specifically located in the Coral Sea, which is part of the southern Pacific Ocean.
What is the continental slope of the pacific ocean?
Volcanic activity, earthquakes, plate interactions
What are the two largest islands in the Aegean Sea?
Crete and Rhodes are the two largest islands in the Aegean Sea.
What is the warm current of water to appear every three to seven yers in the eastern Pacific Ocean?
el nino
What are some animals in the pacific ocean?
seals, whales, crabs, starfish, coral (which is actually an animal along with sponges that are often mistaken as plants), gulls, puffins and many more.
Why did Lewis and Clark find a path to the Pacific Ocean?
It was a long held belief that North America could be crossed by a series of rivers that connected the Atlantic to the Pacific. It was the goal of Lewis and Clarke to find a connecting link between the Columbia River and the Pacific Ocean and finally locate the â??Northwest Passageâ??. Once they got to the Pacific they new this legendary route did not exist. However, they did find sources of the Missouri, major tributaries of the Columbia and collected valuable information that opened the path to western expansion.
Who was the first European to see the pacific Ocean from America's?
It is possible that it was seen by Europeans who visited China during the Middle Ages or during the travels of Marco Polo. Few would have recognized it or guessed at its size.
Vasco Núñez de Balboa was the first Spanish explorer to see the Pacific Ocean in 1513. One of the first explorers of the Americas mainland, he traveled by canoe across the isthmus of Panama in 1513.
What is abnormal climate event that occurs every 2 to 7 years in the pacific ocean?
- Eventual world climate change
What percentage does the pacific ocean cover?
The Pacific Ocean covers about 28% of the global surface.
What causes deep ocean trenches?
Subduction is a result of a collision between two tectonic plates, either oceanic to oceanic collision or oceanic to continental plate collision. The heavier, or more dense plate sinks under the more buoyant less dense plate, and is drawn down into the upper mantle.
The most common salt found in seawater is?
The most important is sodium chloride; but also exist calcium, magnesium and potassium chlorides.
The Mariana Trench lies east of the Mariana Islands. It is about 1580 miles long, but its width on average is only 43 miles.
How many animals are in the Pacific Ocean?
well their plenty but its around 100-250!
RIGHT ANSWER: 100-250? R u kidding? There's 100-250 species within 5 miles of my house! Tere are like more than 1000 species in the pacific ocean
What four countries of South America border the Pacific Ocean?
Colombia, Ecuador, Peru and Chile qualify as such.
C. Mississippi River
Asia
Asia
What eats kelp and lives in the Pacific Ocean?
Many things live in a kelp forest or kelp bed. Such things include seahorses, sea otters, sea urchins,and many types of fish and crustaceans.
To get the average depth, take the volume and divide it by the surface area. For this question, first convert litres into cubic kilometres. Then take this value and divide it by the surface area. You could also convert the volume to cubic metres and the surface area to square metres, but it might be more tedious.
What is the longitude and latitude of the pacific ocean on the equator?
Latitude:S 14° 5' 38.2458"
Longitude:W 132° 11' 15"
Latitude:S 14° 5.637431'
Longitude:W 132° 11.25'
Latitude: -14.093957°
Longitude:-132.1875°
Why is an Ideal Like the Pacific?
Its just a notion
its just an ocean lol get it?! Do ur math homework!
Why do you think the area around the Pacific Plate is called the Pacific Ring of Fire?
Because the Pacific Ocean just has so many volcanoes.
The Ring of Fire, also known as the circum-Pacific seismic belt, is home to more than 75% of the world's volcanoes. About 90% of the world's earthquakes originate along the Ring of Fire.
