Congress commissioned 14 official copies of the Bill of Rightsâone for the federal government and one for each of the original 13 states, which President George Washington dispatched to the states to consider for ratification. Today, most of these original copies reside at the archives of their respective states.
ocean in Science Expand. The continuous body of salt water that covers 72 percent of the Earth's surface. The average salinity of ocean water is approximately three percent. The deepest known area of the ocean, at 11,034 m (36,192 ft) is the Mariana Trench, located in the western Pacific Ocean. Any of the principal divisions of this body of water, including the Atlantic, Pacific, Indian, and Arctic Oceans.
Pelagic - An aquatic biome consisting of the open ocean, far from land, does not include sea bottom (benthic zone). Benthic - Referring to an animal that lives on or near the bottom of a body of water. Also, an aquatic biome consisting of the ocean bottom below the pelagic and coastal zones.