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They reach 100 feet high when they hit land. Just like being able to tell the past through rings in a tree you can also see past events through sand that the tsunami carried in.
Sarah Peltier

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Marine plants grow closer to the oceans surface so they can absorb energy from the sun.
Sarah Peltier

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Gigantism in some of these species is thought to be because of the lack of sun light reaching the deep ocean and the temp as well.
Sarah Peltier

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Some ocean bacteria give off light. When Bioluminescent bacteria float freely in the water, it can look like the sea itself is glowing. Other bioluminescent bacteria can live on the bodies of fish, making it appear as though the fish are glowing. A fact I find interesting. -Starlet Scott

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Some ocean bacteria give off light. When Bioluminescent bacteria float freely in the water, it can look like the sea itself is glowing. Other bioluminescent bacteria can live on the bodies of fish, making it appear as though the fish are glowing. A fact I find interesting. -Starlet Scott

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Dwarfism is a trait that transforms deep sea creatures into miniature versions of animals that are closer to the surface. Only a fraction of the food produced at the surface reaches the sea floor, so being small gives animals a low energy requirement and an adaptive advantage.-Starlet Scott

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Dwarfism is a trait that transforms deep sea creatures into miniature versions of animals that are closer to the surface. Only a fraction of the food produced at the surface reaches the sea floor, so being small gives animals a low energy requirement and an adaptive advantage.-Starlet Scott

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El Nino and La Nina occur when changing wind patterns displace warm and cool weather in the equatorial Pacific. Both have global impacts. The replacement of cold water by warm water leads to air temperature swings and changes in humidity. This alters weather patterns by steering storms and rainfall to new locations. -Starlet Scott

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El Nino and La Nina occur when changing wind patterns displace warm and cool weather in the equatorial Pacific. Both have global impacts. The replacement of cold water by warm water leads to air temperature swings and changes in humidity. This alters weather patterns by steering storms and rainfall to new locations. -Starlet Scott

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Much as 80 percent of all living organisms make their home in the ocean.  Each marine organisms are specially adapted to live in the salty water of the ocean. The blue whale is the largest animal to ever live on earth and weights about 200 tons. They must live in deep water.

Lindsey Harrison

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Algae plays a extremely important role in the ocean. Whether it is brown, green or red, it is the main food source that almost all marine life depend on. Algae provides homes, protection and camouflage for marine life.
Lindsey Harrison

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They are waves generated by abrupted vertical movement of the sea floor caused by earthquakes, volcanic eruption, landslides, and even asteroid impact. Big tsunamis throw tons of sediment onto shore, the larger sand settles first than the smaller sediment comes after.
Lindsey Harrison

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Scientists' theories on how the ocean came about go far back to the beginning of Earth's life. It is believed that the Earth contained no ocean, oxygen, or life for that matter. Instead, the Earth consisted of constant volcanic eruptions and a molten earth. Eventually, the eruptions emitted water vapor that continued to outpour for millions or even billions of years. The vapor came from the earth's crust and as more water came onto the earth's surface, it cooled our temperatures. The Earth is now habitable, and it largely has to do with our oceans. It is important to know this so you can have a better appreciation of water. It allows us to live, it generates some of our oxygen and it's a good food source. Help spread the word and protect our oceans. -Skyla Miller

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Jellyfish can be bioluminescent and are known as one of the only oceanic species that can survive in various depths and pressures of the ocean. This means they are able to survive in sunlit and non-sunlit depths of the ocean. They spend all their life searching for food and mates. They eat fish larvae, plankton, and fish eggs. Some species even survive off of algae. It is important to know that you should stay away from most species of jellyfish. Their tentacles can produce large amounts of venom and there have been instances where jellyfish are dangerous to humans. Their tentacle venom is so potent that washed up jellyfish who are likely not alive can still emit it's poison. -Skyla Miller

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Tides are caused by the gravitational pull of the moon and the sun. Tides cause daily changes of the ocean sea level everywhere in the world. High tides are caused by the gravitational pull of the moon. High tides happen in two locations, one being where the moon is closest to the earth and on the side that's furthest from the moon. In between those tides are where you can find the low tides, since water is being pulled higher at the high tides. It is important to know when your area will experience high tides so you can prepare to move any boats or shelter that may be affected. This may not happen often because of certain guidelines, but when visiting a foreign area, you should keep this information at the back of your mind. -Skyla Miller

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Is the deep ocean circulation. It is the result of density difference in water massed because of the temperatures and salinity. Fresh water freezes in seawater and it becomes sea ice, which causes it to become very dense and sink. It is called downwelling. There is a process called upwelling. This is when deep water mixes with less dense water. Unlimited amount of water can not sink to the bottom, water rises from the deep ocean to the surface somewhere. Kirby Bluecoat

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There is a DART II Deep Ocean, Assessment and, Reporting of, Tsunamis that is out in the ocean. This helps alert for Tsunamis. The Tsunamis leave behind large sand that they are able to see how many have came to the certain areas and have a timeframe of when will happen again. They travel at up to 100 mph. They are low traveling over the water with long wave lengths. The height increases when they reach the shore line and create walls up to 100ft.

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Occur in a daily cycle and also cause rise and fall of sea level. Due to the gravitational attraction of the Moon-Earth and Sun-Earth systems. Tidal bulges appear along the line joining the Earth Moon system. As the Earth rotates these tidal bulges affect coasts around the world. Sun-Earth tidal bulge modifies the Moon-Earth Tidal bulge. - Terri Avery

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Coral reef is composed of thousands of coral polyps, which is a tiny animal, with a circle of tentacles around its mouth, that grow in colonies. The reef can be hundreds of miles long. - Terri Avery

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Coastal landslides occur where unstable slopes fail and land is both displaced down slope and lost. Some of the causes that lead to landslides are slope over-steepening, slope overloading, shocks and vibrations, water saturation, and removal of natural vegetation. - Terri Avery

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As opposed to wind driven currants and tides, which are due to the gravity of the moon and sun, thermohaline is driven by the density differences.  Thermo (temperature) and Haline (salinity) is just a fancy way of saying that this area of the ocean gets its circulation from the varying temperature's and saltiness of the water.
Thermocline is an oceanic layer that's temperature decreases rapidly with depth. This can be water that icebergs float in, as it's found often in those same areas. In order to remember the difference of these two terms, I am thinking of the Cline as "Celine Dion" and her songs from Titanic and the iceberg.

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Ocean's are perceived as blue because the water absorbs the red part of the light spectrum.  Like a filter, this leaves behind the blue part of the spectrum for all to see.  The ocean may also take on green or other hues that we may see as well as take on the colors of Alge present in the water.
Julie Giles

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We all hear how the sun and earths rotation along with the moon controls the earths tides and currents. I didn't understand how exactly.  I found an article that explains this easily.  It mentions that the suns radiation creates prevailing wind patterns, which push ocean water to bunch in the hills of the ocean.  Gravity pulls the water away from the hills and towards valleys and then Earth's rotation steers the moving water.
Julie Giles

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The worlds tallest mountain is hiding in plain site in the ocean in Hawaii. It's approximately 10,203 M tall and shows 4,200 M above the ocean water called Mauna Kea volcano. The deepest canyon is also on the ocean floor, the Challenger Deep in the Marianas Trench, 10,916 M. This is important because we just learned about plate tectonics and how the ocean floor is not flat due to mid ocean ridges, deep sea trenches and other abyssal plains.
Vanessa Defender

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Persistent horizontal flows in the ocean that occurs in response to variation in water pressure and wind. They are the movement of oceans, lakes and water.
Ocean currents transfer heat energy between low and high altitudes (hotter water from lower latitudes warms the atmosphere at higher latitudes.)
Surface currents are created by 3 things: global wind patters, the rotation of the Earth and the shape of the ocean basis. They are extremely important because they distribute heat around the planet and majorly influence global climate.
Vanessa Defender

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The large amounts of oceans and coastal environments holds the majority of the energy and heat from the sun. The energy is transferred to the equator and the two poles. This is important because it helps cause storms and global climate changes.

Colton Martinez

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There are many different types of creatures in the ocean. Some of which have never been discovered thanks to their locations being very deep in the ocean. Parts where exploration is hard due to the amount of pressure that their machinery must endure.

Colton Martinez

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- The loudest sound ever recorded was from an Iceberg in 1997 that could've been heard over 3,000 miles away.

- Most volcanic activity happens in the ocean.

- The great barrier reef can be seen from the moon

Colton Martinez

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The sun is only 46% of the moons gravitational pull, and the moon is the greatest factor in creating tides. Tides also depend on the depth of the ocean near it. It is considered the most energy efficient renewable energy source. Cold currents bring ice bergs, which are a source of freshwater but they are hard to navigate, while warmer currents bring rain and fuel the water within the wind.
Ashleigh Tuttle

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Plankton are small organisms carried by the water and flow in the ocean. They are one of the most important food sources to large organisms and small organisms. Plankton are actually made up of both plants and living organisms that are too small to move themselves or present visibly to the naked eye, and some plankton have human like eyes.
Ashleigh Tuttle

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Mangrove Forests grow on the side of the coast and edge of deltas, they help reduce erosion and protect the areas they grow in. They provide shelter too many different species of organisms, and help remove pollutants from the water. They cannot withstand extreme cold weather so they primarily grow along the tropics and warmer climates, they are very important to the ecosystem.
Ashleigh Tuttle

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Tiny plants that make food by photosynthesis. They live in the photic zone because they need sunlight.  They are responsible for about half of the total primary productivity (food energy) on Earth. Like other plants, phytoplankton release oxygen as a waste product. They are consumed by zooplankton (or animal plankton).  Some small invertebrates live as zooplankton.
Vanessa Defender

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The few species that live deepest are highly specialized. Due to the lack of food, fish spend very little energy. They move very little, breathe slowly, have minimal bone structure, and have a slow metabolism. To maximize feeding opportunities, some species may have jaws that open to accommodate larger fish and teeth that fold down to prevent prey from escaping. - Marcella Reinbold

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Only 5 percent of the Ocean has been explored, and we have only recently succeeded in reaching the bottom in some parts of the ocean. We have never seen what is in the deepest depths. - Marcella Reinbold

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Daily tides have one high tide and one low tide each day. These tides when the moon is furthest from the equator.
A half-diurnal high tide has two equal high tides and two equal low tides every day. The second tide rises to the same level as the first tide, and the second ebb tide falls to the same level as the first tide. Half-diurnal tides commonly go on when the moon is directly over the equator.
Mixed tides may include both sets of uneven high and low tides, or just one set of uneven high and low tides. Mixed tides occur when the moon is far north or south of the equator.
Meteorological tides represent all atmospherically influenced tides, such as those affected by wind, barometric pressures, rainfall, ice melting and land drying.

-Marcella Reinbold

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Tides in the ocean move up and down where currents move back and forth. Tide waves sizes are determined by the forces by the sun and the Moon. Currents on the other hand are affected by the tides, weather such as wind, and even the temperature of the water. Learning about the tides and currents is important to help keep us safe. Safe from rising water during flooding or safe from being swept away by a strong current. Being able to track the currents and tides also helps us know when to worry about tsunamis.

-Jo LittleWounded

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There are many different types of organisms in the ocean but one type is invertebrates. The name invertebrates means lacking a backbone. Many organisms in the ocean are invertebrates because the water buoys them so there is no need to have a backbone for support. Some examples of invertebrates are jellyfish, squid and starfish.

-Jo LittleWounded

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The ocean is home to the largest living structure on Earth. This is the Great Barrier Reef.  This is found off the coast of Australia, it is so large that you can see it from space. This structure of corals is home to so many different organisms and species that it is now the most complex natural ecosystem in the world. The Great Barrier Reef is in danger due to higher temperatures and pollution killing off the coral.

-Jo LittleWounded

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Oceans have different currents and can dictate the temperature of different parts of the ocean. Oceans also have a surface current. Thermohaline currents are deep currents, caused by different density’s masses of water. Thermo means temperature, while haline means salinity. Salinity is how salty that part of the ocean is. Thermocline circulation is basically the temperature of the ocean. The deeper the ocean goes the colder it gets. There is also a dividing line that temperature difference is noticeable. - Derek Rojo

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Tides are changes in the level in the ocean that occur daily. The two main causes of tides are gravitational pull from the sun and the moon. High tide is created by the moon thus the water pull toward the moon. Water on the opposite side of the earth is creates a bulge as it not being pulled by the moon. Low tide occurs when there is no gravitational pull the moon. Ocean water has different currents that are predictable. Surface currents flow for thousands of miles. Currents are not affected by large storms as they have factors that do not have change. Surface currents are important as they distribute heat around the earth. - Derek Rojo

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The ocean is home to more than 90% of all living things on earth. The earth oceans make up 70% of the planet. There are parts in the ocean that have not been touched by humans, so there is not telling what kind of life lives in the deepest parts of the oceans. These living things can be organisms, fish, and possibly other living beings. - Derek Rojo