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Laura Zanna + Ocean Fun Facts
100

What percent of the planet’s surface is ocean?

What is 70%

100

Why are wind patterns curved?

What is Earth‘s rotation

100

What are the two main causes for sea level rise?

What is melted ice and water expansion

100

Is the depth of the ocean larger or smaller than the atmosphere?

What is smaller

100

Who are the main three mermaids in H20 Just Add Water

Cleo, Rikki, Emma

200

How much of the ocean contains the same amount of carbon as the atmosphere?

What is ~ 50m

200

What affects the water current pattern?

What is Earth’s rotation

200
What is the difference between the energy content for the temperature of the ocean to increase vs the energy content for the atmospheres temperature to increase?

What is much higher

200

How much of the atmosphere’s energy resides in the ocean?

What is 90%

200

How many times has Laura Zanna been cited since 2020?

What is 5879

300

The pressure at the bottom of the ocean is ______ times that of the atmosphere?

What is 500

300

What does the ocean circulate?

What is heat and nutrients 

300

What is the temperature difference between day and night of the ocean?

What is 30 degrees

300

What do greenhouse gases do in relation to the ocean and energy?

What is trap some energy at the surface of the ocean

300

How much water can an adult oyster filter each day?

What is 50 gallons

400

How much of the ocean contains the heat of the atmosphere?

What is ~ 3m

400

Why does Earth’s temperature fluctuate from night to day?

What is the ocean absorbs, retains, and distributes

400

What is the national fish of New York?

What is Brooke Trout

500

Who was Laura Zanna’s PhD advisor?

What is Eli Tziperman