Ocean Ocean Floor Sea Plants

Smaller ocean regions such as the mediterranean sea gulf of mexico and the bay of bengal are called seas gulfs and bays.

Ocean ocean floor sea plants. Altogether the deep sea floor makes up about 71 of the world s oceans with shallow waters such as continental shelves making up 29. As in the bottom of nutrient cycling and food chain ocean plants have to feed food demand to creatures in the higher level of the chain. Continental shelf 300 feet continental slope 300 10 000 feet abyssal plain 10 000 feet abyssal hill 3 000 feet up from the abyssal plain seamount 6 000 feet. Stunning underwater plants and sea life on the ocean floor by.

Nearly half of the world s sea floors are over 3 000 meters 9 800 ft deep. In the sea floor you will see a plant called as sea grass. Because it gains its food by producing it through photosynthesis the sea grass will only exist in the shallow area where the sunlight still can appear. In most of the world the ocean floor is very deep averaging 3 790 meters 12 430 ft in depth.

For our younger readers here are some ocean facts for kids. Ocean plants are rarely talked about but with 70 percent of the world covered in water they play a vital role in oxygenating oceans around the world protecting certain species of aquatic animals from predators and outside elements including human activities and helping animals thrive by being their primary food source. At smithsonian ocean we have lesson plans activities and resources to help you engage your students in the wonders of our oceans. The marine environment supports many kinds of these habitats.

The following features are shown at example depths to scale though each feature has a considerable range at which it may occur. Inland bodies of saltwater such as the caspian sea and the great salt. Marine habitats can be divided into coastal and open. Like ocean animals humans knowledge on ocean plants is rather limited.

Just like the grass in the land sea grass also has a long and narrow leaves. Blythe copeland is a writer editor and blogger who began working with treehugger in 2008. This graphic shows several ocean floor features on a scale from 0 35 000 feet below sea level. Number of ocean plants is absolutely greater than ocean animals.

The ocean ecosystem is the largest ecosystem comprising of 70 of the earth s surface and only 20 of it is known to man though expeditions and explorations have been conducted since early times the vast ocean floor is as unknown as the space.