Oceans

Juana was walking down the warm, sandy beach of La Paz on a beautiful Saturday evening. She looked at the ocean as the sun began the set and saw a strange man on a small fishing boat. Puzzled Juana called out to the strange man, “ Sir, it is getting late! The ocean tends to be rough at night!” The strange man looked at her and said, “ I am a professional everything will be fine!” Juana knew how the seas were at night and wanted to warn the man of the danger he is getting himself into. Juana saw…

movie that's so ahead of its time is that it becomes real to everyone who watches it. Jaws preys upon a fear that millions of people suppress when they go in the ocean, which helped it to become such a successful thriller. Jaws revealed Hollywood’s true influence over society. In the movie, a young woman is attacked by something in the ocean, and her death is ruled a shark attack by the medical examiner. After hearing the cause of death, the town’s Police Chief, Martin Brody, decides to close…

D. Materials & Procedures Materials 8 oz. paper cup tape scissors ocean/bucket test bucket dried garbanzo beans = shrimp red beans = squid white beans = herring marbles = tuna ping pong balls = dolphins Procedures We got an 8 oz. paper cup covered it in tape. We cut a small hole in the top so that dolphins (ping pong…

“Shallow Seas” is a documentary film produced by Planet Earth for BBC that explores the interaction of aquatic species with their respective environments. The shallow seas cover 8% of the oceans representing hundreds of miles before the sea floor reaches the darkness. Nevertheless, it accounts for a great abundance of marine life. The documentary begins with the humpback whales as they arrive at the equator. Here the calf finds the perfect environment to be nurtured and strengthened because of…

The Whale Shark (Rhincodon Typus) is the largest shark in the ocean, growing to a maximum of 65 feet long and weighing over 10 tons, that’s more than three times the size of the great white shark. It also makes the whale shark the largest fish living today. Unlike the great white shark, the whale shark’s 3,000 teeth are tiny and they do not use them to tear apart mammals, in fact their teeth is of little use to the whale shark. So what does the whale shark eat to survive? Whale sharks don’t hunt…

such as the angler fish, use luminous barbel tips to attract prey. These animal grow up to 16 in, however males grow only up to 2 in. Plankton- Phytoplankton Found in the upper pelagic zone, these microalgae float near the surface of the ocean where light can penetrate through. Phytoplankton live off sunlight for photosynthesis. Whales, shrimp, snails, jellyfish and a wide range of pelagic fish feed off this plankton. Sargassum- Algae Genus Found in floating on the surface of…

meters long with the top being a dark blue-gray colour and underneath a whitish colour (Web.archive.org, 2015). Blue whales feast typically on krill however they also eat small amounts of copepods. The species of krill the whale eats varies form ocean to ocean. In the Atlantic Meganyctiphanes norvegica is the most common whereas in the Southern Hemisphere Euphausia crystallorophiasis is mainly found. An…

suddenly we found one whale far from our boat which is quietly swimming on the surface of the water. The captain turned the boat towards the whale and stopped about 10-15 feet distance from it. There are different types of whales we can find in the ocean, but, the one we saw is humpback whale is about 12-16 m feet long and 36,000 kg weight. It is just being on the surface for 5 -10 minutes and then it went in the water. Again it came back after 20-30 minutes to breathe which made me much…

packed our bags and headed back to El Paso, Texas. Overall, Puerto Peñasco is such a beautiful city and a great place to unwind and have a great time. Personally, Puerto Peñasco, Mexico was a thrilling and beautiful experience. From the beautiful ocean sights to the thrilling four wheeled quad, this trip was a memorable one. Over the years I've been to several beautiful places, but Puerto Peñasco beats them all. The reason is that, I love the beach and being outside enjoying life and breathing…

Did you know a large portion of all life on Earth lives in the ocean? The ocean is a complex place that covers almost three quarters of the Earth’s surface. Marine biology is the study of marine organisms, their behaviors, and their interactions with the environment. The habitats studied in marine biology include everything from study the of the atmosphere, the depth of the ocean canyons, fish, and natural disasters. In order for a marine biologist to work in the field they would need to have…