The Five Oceans
This is how many named oceans Earth has.
Five
This clever ocean animal has eight arms
octopus
This word means the place where a plant or animal lives.
Habitat
An ocean is a very large body of this kind of water
salt water
Do oceans cover more or less than half of Earth's surface?
More than half
This is the largest ocean on Earth.
Pacific Ocean
This ocean reptile has a shell and flippers.
Sea turtle
This colorful ocean habitat is built by tiny animals called coral
coral reef
"Marine life" means plants and animals that live here
Ocean
Tiny ocean organisms help make this gas that people need to breathe
oxygen
This is the smallest ocean, near the North Pole
Arctic Ocean
Fish use these body parts to breathe underwater?
Gills
Crabs and sea stars can live on this bottom part of the ocean.
Ocean floor
A sea star is also commonly called this
Starfish
What do we call a scientist who studies ocean life?
A marine biologist
This ocean surrounds Antarctica
Southern Ocean
Whales and dolphins belong to this animal group?
Mammals
Whales and dolphins swim through this wide ocean habitat, away from shore
Open ocean
This word describes an animal that hunts and eats other animals
predator
Hav scientists discovered every kind of animal living in the ocean?
No- they are still discovering new sea creatures.
Name the two oceans missing from this list:
Pacific, Arctic, Southern
Atlantic and Indian Oceans
Although whales live in water, they must come to the surface to do this?
Breathe air
This ocean habitat is dark, cold, and home to unusual creatures.
Deep ocean
Special body parts or behaviors that help animals survive are called these
adaptations
Are corals plants, animals or rocks?
Animals