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HeIIo fellow students. My name is N,, r,rUna and f'm a Sth grade student atan school in Watsonville. r'm in a special class where we are learning about oceans and I'd like to share with you about what oceons are, how impofiant the re, and an ant, icular interest to
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First, ocefrns are essentially the largest ecosystem on planet earth, covering 670/o of earth's surface. This can be demonstrated in the following ways below:
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Second, since 9796 of Earth's water is salt EQI9I, only 396 is fresh water. This means we must all make efforts to conserve and protect this vital resource.
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