Pacific+Ocean+Group


 * Group Members: Aurelia, Sallie, Marcella (Pacific Ocean)**


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 * **Questions** || **Note taking** || **Where did you find this information?Be specific!** ||
 * Definition of Biome. || The pacific,Atlantic ,Indian, arctic are the 5 oceans of the world.Hot air and hot water are some of the parts of the Pacific ocean coral reef. || Hoff, Mary, and Mary M. Rodgers. //Our Endangered Planet Oceans//. Minneapolis, NY: Scholastic, 1991. Print. ||
 * Where in the world is it located? || Between the east of north America and the bottom parts and kind of the middle parts of Asia. From North america to asia to the bottom of australia.

|| Hoff, Mary,and Mary M. Rodgers. Our Endangered Planet Oceans. Minneapolis, NY: Scholastic, 1991. Print. [] [] || || Hoff, Mary, and Mary M. Rain Rodgers. //Our endangered oceans//. Minneapolis, NY: Scholastic, 1991. Print. http://streaming.discoveryeducation.com/ http://WWW.brainpop.com || But in the South Pacific summers are mild and the winters are cool. Winds along the pacific blow between 30 degrees and 60 degrees. || http://WWW.worldbookonline.com/student/home || There is 1 part of the pacific that gos'e down in the ocean 2 miles deep. 3 dozen species are endangered. The seas population is fallining down a lot. Sea lions are hunted for their oil and meat. 3 years ago there were almost no squids. People actually touched a squids eye! There are over 500 coral reefs /there in clear water. There red orange and yellow wave links. A plankton is the base of the food chain in all oceans. A Grey Reef Shark circles pacific reefs all day long. Sharks are not aggressive. With out sharks there will be no food chain in the ocean. Stone fish have venom. Stone fish can be 6 feet big. A sting rays are realities to sharks. The octopods search for food all day and sleep in a din all night. Octopuses will come up to divers unlike others The eagle ray is different from a stingray. Animals come in different colors! A crimord has feathery arms. A crimord is mistaken for a plant.but the crimod is really a type of fish. The deepest trench is the Marianas in the pacific. The pacific means peaceful in Portuguese. || [] [] [] [] [] [] [] [] [] [] [] [] [] [] [] [] [] [] [] [] [] [] [] ||
 * How do plants adapt to light, soil and precipitation? || How the plants adapt to the Pacific is algae not plants. They have to adapt by being able to contain a certain amount of salt water. || http://WWW.worldbookonline.com/student/home ||
 * How do animals adapt to light, soil, and precipitation? || Animals like the clown fish adapt to wildlife by using their surroundings by being protected by a anemone ,while it is being protected the clown fish brings in food for the anemone .The sea birds adapt by feeding in shallow water. They skim the water for fish ,sea birds have webbed feet to survive [ to swim .]Animals adapt by how much sea life and pressure that is received.
 * How does weather affect the conditions of your ecosystem? || In the North Pacific ocean there are long cold winters and short cool summers. Along the equator of the pacific it is hot all year.
 * How do humans affect the conditions of your ecosystem? || humans effect the pacific oceans with tuna fishers having the dolphins getting caught in there nets,by having the oil spill,and by littering by the ocean shore. || [] ||
 * Other interesting information || There are more than 3000 species of whales and dolphins.[[image:clxeggett/pc326478.gif width="326" height="282"]]
 * Presentation Ideas**:

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