The Great Barrier Reef weather document provides a table showing average minimum and maximum temperatures from January to July. It then lists several facts about ocean life like green turtles migrating over 1400 miles to lay eggs, ocean life beginning 3-3.4 billion years ago, and most sharks being over 1.8 meters long. Finally, it lists several oceans and reefs around the world.

2. Here is the weather of the Great Barrier Reef:
Month Minimum Temp Maximum Temp
January 23.6 31.5
February 23.7 31.1
March 23.0 30.5
April 21.5 29.2
May 19.9 27.5
June 17.6 27.8
July 17.0 25.6

3. Did you know that Green turtles can migrate more
than 1400 miles to lay eggs?
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Did you know that ocean life began 3.1 billion years
to 3.4 billion years ago?
Did you know that most sharks are 1.8 metres or
longer?
Did you know that the speed of sound in water 1435
miles per second – nearly 5 times the amount of the
speed of sound in the air?

4. Did you know that an octopus has 3 hearts and it’s
blood is BLUE!?!?
Did you know that jellyfish have been around for more
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Did you know that crabs have their teeth in the
stomachs?
Did you know that the size of a blue whales heart is
equivalent to the size of a small car?

5. There are many different oceans. Here are a few:
Arcadia Coastline
Baffin Bay
Coral Sea
Diego Garcia Atoll
Everglades
Florida Reef Tract
Great Barrier Reef
Philippines Sea
Solomon sea
Pinnacles Reef

6. Phytoplankton: Phytoplankton live near the top of the
sea because they need the sunlight. They are also
known as the blue – green algae. Did you know that
‘Phyto’ means plant and ‘Plankton’ means floating or
suspended?
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Coralline Algae: Coralline Algae is also called red
algae. Despite it’s name, red algae, can be pink, red,
yellow, purple, white, green and grey.
Kelp: Did you know that kelp is large seaweed that
grows in an underwater forest in shallow oceans.

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Seahorses: DIET:
Brine, Shrimp, Tiny Fish and Plankton. Seahorses don’t
have teeth, so they eat everything whole.
DESCIPTION:
Seahorses have crown shaped coronets on their head.
Like fingerprints, every coronet is different. Did you know
that seahorses don’t have scales? Instead they have bony
plates covering their skin!!!!
FUN FACT:
Did you know that male seahorses carry their children?
Like kangaroos, seahorses have pouches!!!!!!

8. Shark: DIET:
Smaller fish, Large Seals, Sharks, Dolphins, Porpoises
and Dead Whale.
DESCRIPTION:
Their skeleton is made of cartilage, not bones. Sharks can
grow up to 40 feet long. Most of them are black, grey or
brown. They have scales called placoids. They have a
tooth like pattern.
FUN FACT:
Did you know that sharks keep swimming while they are
sleeping? Sharks need to swim to breathe!!!!

9. Sea Otter: DIET:
Shellfish, Big Snails, Small fish, Mussels, Red Urchin
and Red Octopus.
DESCRIPTION
Sea otters have round heads and small bodies. They
have small eyes and flappy ears. When they go
underwater, their nostrils and ears close so that no
water gets in.
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11. www.divediscover.whoi.edu
www.wikipedia.com
www.sharks-world.com
www.scuba-doc.com
www.ask.com
www.animals.howstuffworks.com
www.marinelife.about.com
www.thinkquest.com
www.answers.com
www.amblonyx.com
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