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Stewart, Melissa.

Is the Bermuda Triangle really a dangerous place? : and other questions about the ocean / Melissa Stewart ; illustrations by Colin W. Thompson.

Minneapolis, MN : Lerner Publications, ©2011.

40 pages : color illustrations, color maps ; 27 cm.

Discusses facts and myths about the ocean and ocean life, including whether the world's oceans contain ten million tons of gold, whether blue whales are the loudest animals on Earth, and whether it is easier to float in the ocean than in a lake.

Is that a fact?

Is that a fact.

Ocean -- Juvenile literature.

Ocean -- Miscellanea -- Juvenile literature.

Thompson, Colin W., illustrator.

Includes bibliographical references (page 39) and index.

Do the world's oceans really contain 10 million tons of gold? -- Is it true that swallowing ocean water can kill you? -- Do giant beasts with long, waving tentacles and eyes as large as dinner plates really live in the ocean? -- Is it true that there's a mass of plastic as large as Texas floating in the Pacific Ocean? -- Are blue whales really the loudest animals on Earth? -- Is it true that the world's tallest mountain is in the middle of the Pacific Ocean? -- Does the moon really control the ocean's tides? -- Is it true that coral reefs take thousands of years to form? -- Is the Bermuda Triangle really a dangerous place? -- Is it true that a sea jelly doesn't have a brain? -- Does half of all the volcanic activity on Earth really occur in the ocean? -- Is it true that sharks can smell blood in ocean water from more than a mile away? -- Is it really easier to float in the ocean than in a lake? -- Is it true that 97 percent of our planet's water is in the ocean? -- Are there really sea dragons in the ocean? -- Is it true that scientists have explored less than half of the ocean's total area? -- Do the world's oldest animals really live in the ocean?

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