Temperate+Oceans

Temperate oceans
By Ale
 * The Temperate ocean is a large body of water. It is also home to many living organisms such as plants and animals. The temperate ocean has a color of blue and green/torquiose as you can see here. || [[image:banner.jpg]] ||
 * ~ Where is the temperate ocean?

The Temperate ocean[dark blue] surrounds the tropical ocean[pink]. ||~ || When it becomes an adult it is at least eight feet. That is larger than a normal sized human. The skate mostly eats different types of fish. Did you know that the skate has no fish family information at all?** || ||
 * The skate is about 21 centimeters at birth.
 * Fun Fact
 * The basking shark is the second largest species of fish in the world. It mostly feeds on plankton. At birth the basking shark is five feet long but as an adult it can grow up to be thirty five feet [10.4] meters. || [[image:Basking_shark_AJ.jpg width="302" height="290" caption="The basking shark"]] ||
 * The grey whales normal diet is plankton just like the basking shark. Even though it can grow up to 40 to 50 feet long it is very small compared to other whales. These whales live only in the pacific ocean. || [[image:_39584255_12_eschrichtiusrobustus.jpg caption="The grey whale"]] ||
 * The northern bottle nosed whale can grow up to 24-33. It only eats squid and fish. This animal can live in the arctic ocean and the northern Atlantic ocean. This whale looks very much like a dolphin but isn't. || [[image:http://www.mbgnet.net/salt/oceans/animals/bottle.jpg width="320" height="97" caption="Northern Bottle-nosed Whale"]] ||

=Plants=

=Ocean Temperatures=
 * [[image:http://www.ianskipworth.com/photo/pcd1742/kelp_forest_15_3.jpg width="464" height="312" align="center" caption="Kelp Forest"]] || The Kelp forest can grow up to 125 feet.It is the tallest plant in the ocean.Also it is can grow longer than a blue whale, the largest animal on earth. But some can not be that tall as you can see in the picture. It can only live up close to the water because it needs sunlight to survive. ||
 * [[image:http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/73/Feather_Star.jpg/800px-Feather_Star.jpg width="393" height="314" caption="The Feather star"]] || The feather star is a very beautiful plant. It lives in shallow water and attaches to the ocean floor by taking something above it making it stick. ||
 * [[image:http://z.about.com/d/saltaquarium/1/0/W/-/rtebbenpimplemush_400.JPG width="386" height="279" caption="Blue green coral"]] || Blue green coral is very wierd looking. It looks like pieces of art got clumped together. It can live in some deep waters but not a lot. ||
 * You think that phytoplankton is an animal, but it is actually a plant. Phytoplankton is microscopic which means it can only be seen if you have the best eyes in the world. As you can see in the picture there are so many clumped together. [blue and green]. || [[image:http://veimages.gsfc.nasa.gov/6825/SouthGeorgia.A2004017.1700.250m.jpg width="326" height="251" caption="Phytoplankton"]] ||



=Bibliography=

http://www.ianskipworth.com/photo/pcd1742/kelp_forest_15_3.jpg Kelp Forest

http://www.mbgnet.net/salt/oceans/index.htm Northern Bottle Nosed Whale

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/73/Feather_Star.jpg/800px-Feather_Star.jpg Feather star

http://www.gma.org/herring/biology/distribution/comparing_oceans.asp Temperate Ocean Map

http://www.mbgnet.net/ Information

http://www.fmap.ca/ramweb/pics/cownoseray_small.jpg Skate

http://www.mcss.sc/images/Newsletter/Basking_shark_AJ.jpg basking sharks

http://z.about.com/d/saltaquarium/1/0/W/-/rtebbenpimplemush_400.JPG Blue green coral

http://www.roguerivertrips.info/photos/_39584255_12_eschrichtiusrobustus.jpg Grey whale

http://www.mbgnet.net/salt/oceans/banner.jpg Temperate ocean

http://www.seafriends.org.nz/oceano/ocean15.gif Ocean Temperatures

http://veimages.gsfc.nasa.gov/6825/SouthGeorgia.A2004017.1700.250m.jpg phytoplankton