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How deep is the ocean?

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Just how deep does the ocean go? Way further than you think. Tech Insider's animation puts the actual distance into perspective, showing a vast distance between the waves we see and the mysterious point we call Challenger Deep.

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We talk about the ocean and other facts.
06/12/2017 • 
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the animal looking
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I like your educational videos very much, however I would prefer if you used SI(meter, kg,...) units as well as feets, pounds etc. All the interesting information provided are impenetrable for those, who use the other type of units. Personally, I would of course prefer, if everything would be in SI units and everyone else would simply learn those, however, that is not feasible..
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I think scientist should create a method to define the depth of sea to indicate its severity rather than just in a unit of length taking into consideration hydrostatic pressure, oxygen level, sunlight, temperature etc. As different oceans have different attributes, this common scale will compare the different sea's depth.
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Write 1 paragraph giving your opinion about oceans, after you see this short video and if you have changed your opinion
07/19/2017 • 
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This video talks about the depth of the ocean according to several sources, of the dark and deep world that extends below the ocean surface has been explored only in 5%. imagine how many species have not yet been discovered, the ocean is profoundly huge, according to the video several scientists have wanted to investigate further but have not been able to reach more than 10,992 meters, really this type of information is very interesting and leaves you with the doubt of how much is the depth of the ocean and that other animals exist in the darkest of the ocean.
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Which part of ocean do you want to go and what will you do there?
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