Oceans and Math Dani Prevost & Emily Chase Oceans and Percentages The Pacific Ocean covers 30% of the Earth’s surface The Atlantic Ocean covers 21% of the Earth’s surface The Indian Ocean covers 14% of the Earth’s surface About 70% of the Earth’s surface is covered by Ocean Statistics and Probability Oceans and Percentages • The ocean contains 97% of the Earth’s water • Only 5% of the ocean has been explored • 90% of all volcanic activity occurs in the Ocean Statistics and Probability Oceans and Measurement • The deepest point measures 11 kilometers in the Mariana Trench • The Great Barrier Reef measures 2,600 kilometers and can be seen from the moon • The world’s oceans contain enough water to fill a cube with edges over 1000 kilometers (621 miles) in length • The average depth of the Atlantic Ocean is 3,332 meters Measurement and Data Oceans and Measurement • The average temperature of the ocean is 2 degrees Celsius—39 degrees Fahrenheit. • The Arctic produces 10,000-50,000 icebergs annually • The largest wave ever surfed was 80 feet • The largest sand castle ever built was 41 feet Measurement and Data Oceans and Counting • The Ocean is made up of more than 20 seas and 4 oceans • There are 440 species of Sharks in the world • There are 78 species of Whales • There is 120 million tons of salt in the ocean Counting and Cardinality Sea Turtles and Math • 6/7 species of sea turtles are threatened or endangered • Sea turtles can weigh ranging from 80 pounds to 1,000 • Sea turtle eggs take about 60 days to hatch • Sea turtles lay between 70-190 eggs depending on the species Fractions & Counting and Cardinality Math and Fish • There are over 30,000 known species of fish • Tuna can swim at speeds up to 43 mph • 40% of all fish species inhabit fresh water Counting and Cardinality Math and Seashells • A nautilus sea shell forms a logarithmic spiral • The shape of a sand dollar is a circle • There are seashells that are cone shaped Geometry Math and Lobster • 10/10,000 lobster eggs will survive until adulthood • Lobsters can survive in the wild up to 100 years • Vary in size from .8 to 3.25 feet in length • Lobsters have 10 legs • 49 species of lobster Measurement and Data, Counting and Cardinality, Fractions Math and Tides • Most places in the ocean experience 2 high tides and 2 low tides each day • Tides are separated by about 12 hours • Neap tides occur when the moons rotation is at a right angle to the earth’s sun Counting and Cardinality and Measurement Math and Reefs • About 1/3 of all marine fish species live on coral reefs • Reefs are usually found in shallow areas at a depth of less than 150 feet. • All coral reefs add up to only 1% of the entire ocean floor Fractions, Counting and Percentages Math and Squids • Some of the largest squid can weigh more than 1,000 pounds. • Giant squid has 1 large head, 8 arms and 2 tentacles used for grabbing of the prey. • Giant squids live at a depth of 3,000 to 6,000 feet Counting and Cardinality Work Cited • All images and information obtained through the Google search engine: www.google.com
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