• Question: What is the difference between an ocean and a sea?

    Asked by edrienepadua to Christina, Colin, Jess, Samaneh, Steve on 17 Jun 2013.
    • Photo: Jess Bean

      Jess Bean answered on 17 Jun 2013:

      -What happens when you throw a green rock into the Red Sea?
      -It gets wet!

      The difference between an ocean and a sea is very small. An ocean is a “large body of water that are the largest division of open water” – 4 divisions in fact (the Indian, Atlantic, Pacific and Arctic Oceans).

      A sea is a part of an ocean that is partially enclosed by land – e.g. the Mediterranean Sea can be argued as a part of the Atlantic Ocean that is surrounded by land.

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