1. By: Raydarious Jones Lillian Helms

2. General Information ~Makes up 75% of earth ~Largest biome on the Earth ~homed to 230,000 species ~five ocean biomes Atlantic, Southern, Arctic, Pacific, Indian ~average temperture is 39F (4C)

3. Abiotic Factors ~Temperture ~Salinity ~Nutrients ~Waves ~ Tides

4. Dominant Plants ~ 1)Kelp ~ 2)Phytoplankton coral ~ 3)Red algae ~ 4)Coralline algae

5. Dominant Wildlife ~Tylosaurus ~Pliosaurus ~Creatoxyrhina ~Basilosurus

6. Dominant Wildlife ~Punklcosteus ~Shastasaurus ~Great White Shark ~Livyatan

7. Graph

8. Geographic Distribution

9. Interesting Facts ~Makes 75% of earth ~Largest biome on earth ~Believed to be the first biome created ~one cup of salt for a gallon of ocean water ~The salt in oceans comes from rocks ~Believed the sea holds 230,000 different species ~Also believed to be the oldest biome ~Where life began billions of years ago

10. Questions ~Where do the salt come from in the ocean? ~What are some animals that live in the ocean? ~What are some plant life in the ocean? ~How many ocean biomes are there?

11. Resource Softschools.com Newscientist.com Media.education.nationalgeographic.com Whalefacts.com Prehisteric-wildlife.com (Pictures) biomemarine.weebly.com http://ocean.si.edu www.blogcdn.com/wow.joystiq.com www.deviantart.com upload.wikimedia.org vignette3.wikia.nocookie.net www.richardbenning.nl epiccreature.blogspot.com www.eopugetsound.org animals.mom.me www.ucmp.berkeley.edu www.beachwatchers.wsu.edu