1. The Ocean Literacy “Story” Rutgers- Institute of Marine and Coastal Science

2. Why should we care about the ocean?

3. How Long is H 2 0 in the Ocean? 3,200 years!!

4. evaporation condensation precipitation s He’s gone! He’s back! a l t Where does water go? 3,200 years 9 days 2-6 months 50-100 years 100-200 years 10,000 years

5. Percent Volume (million cubic km) (million cubic km) Source Top 4 Sources of Water on the Earth? Top 4 Sources of Water on the Earth? 1 Oceans 1370 97.25 2 Ice Caps & 29 2.05 Glaciers Glaciers 3Groundwater 9.5 0.68 3 Groundwater 9.5 0.68 4 Lakes 0.125 0.01

6. GLOBAL AIR CIRCULATION

7. 0O0O 30 O N 30 O S cool dry cool dry moist warm moist warm evaporation condensatio n

8. 60 o 30 o GLOBAL PRECIPITATION 60 o 0o0o desert rain forest ? ?

9. Litho genic Bio genic How to make SAND Water Time Time Hard Stuff Water

10. New Jersey FloridaBermudaHawaii Which ones are Lithogenic?

11. Boiling Point100 o C (212 o F) Freezing Point 0 o C (32 o F) pH 7 (neutral) Density 1.000g/cm 3 Electricity Conductor good Fresh Ole Salty Properties of Water 100.5 o C (212 o F) -1.94 o C (28.5 o F) ~8 (basic) 1.025g/cm 3 better

12. How Many Oceans?

13. One Soup?... indian pacific atlantic arctic One Ocean... pacific

14. Arctic Ocean Pacific Ocean Indian Ocean Atlantic Ocean Sinking Upwelling Ocean Circulation

15. How many microbes in 1 liter of Sea H 2 O?? >1,000,000,000!!

16. Blue Whale 10 20 30 40 50 60 70 80 90 Blue Whale Killer Whale Great White Shark Blue Fin Tuna Giant Kelp Portuguese Man-o-war Giant Squid 3.3 6.6 10 13.3 16.6 20 23.3 26.6 30 Meters Feet BIG organisms too!!! How do they measure up?

17. What % of the world’s O 2 is produced by phytoplankton? A. 10% B. 20% C. 30% D. 50%

18. 600’ 3,000’ 6,000’ 9,000’ 12,000’ 15,000’ 18,000’

19. 600’ 3,000’ 6,000’ 9,000’ 12,000’ 15,000’ 18,000’

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