The ocean is a beautiful part of our planet. But have you ever wondered why it is blue? Well, I am here to shed some light on this mystery. The ocean is blue do to light is made up of many colors. The color blue goes in the water the deepest. Also it refelcts the sky.
Since light is made up of many colors it causes this to appear to be colorfull. In the ocean water blue travels to deppest. While red is absorbed much quicker. causing the water to be blue. Water can also be green,yellow and brown. depending on plant life and weather.
Ocean water may aslo be blue do to a reflection of the sky. But for that to happen the surface of the water must be extremly smooth. So you will just be better off saying water is blue do to light. Though now it brings up the question "why is the sky blue?" We will just save that for another day.
SInce there is plant life in the ocean the sea may also look green. If there is enough plants in the ocean it may also look a green tint. though most plant life lives a little too deep fo it to show on the surface of the water.
Well today we covered one of our biggest childhood questions why is the sea blue. Well we learned that that its color is caused by light, and by refelctions of the sky. Also we learned that is can be different colors too.
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