Oceans

Oceans — page 1 — Jr INTRODUCTION S Ocea t N Oceans cover more than two thirds of our planet s is surface All oceans contain salty water They are Niite home to a huge variety of animals and plants iomes are places where animals and plants live and grow Some prefer dry deserts while others live in tropical rain forests The animals and plants that live in the world's oceans have adapted to live in salty water Some animals and plants live near the surface of the water Others are found far beneath the waves in the murky ocean depths Read on to find out what oceans are like and how plants animals and people live in and around them 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 O Gray whales live in the Pacific Ocean They feed close to the ocean

Oceans — page 2 — CORALS Corals may look like plants but they are animals Corals live on the seafloor in warm tropical water Often many corals grow together to form a coral reef Many fish feed near the reefs

Oceans — page 3 — OCEANS OF THE Fee This map shows the world's five oceans The darker blue areas are the deepest parts of the SSL oceans The Pacific is the world's biggest ocean NORTH AMERICA ATLANTIC OCEAN An orca or killer whale leap from the water in the Pacific Ocean This behavior is called PACIFIC OCEAN breaching SOUTH AMERIC A trawler returns to port after fishing for herring in the Atlantic Ocean off the coast of Canada A SOUTHERN OCEAN ANTARCTICA

Oceans — page 4 — WORLD Day OCEAN Walruses rest on sea ice floating on the Arctic Ocean These mammals dive beneath the surface of the water to hunt fish ARCTIC OCEAN EUROPE ASIA AFRICA A FA INDIAN OCEAN AUSTRALIA th A great white shark hunts for A squid in the Indian Ocean An emperor penguin jumps onto sea ice in the Southern Ocean O

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