2. What is an ocean like?
An ocean is an enormous body of salt water and
full of plants and animals. The ocean is very,
very, very deep.
3. Ocean Animals and
Adaptations
Animals
Some animals that live in the ocean
are
Sea lions
Angler fish
Flashlight fish
Plankton
Krill
Jellyfish
Manta rays
Cleaner fish
Harp seals
Turtles
Beluga whales
Molas (sunfish)
Starfish
Adaptations
Some adaptations that plants
and animals have are
Camouflage
Can produce their own light
Have to like salt water
Most marine mammals have
blubber to keep their body
warm
4. Ocean Plants
Some plants that grow in the
ocean or on the beach are
• Plankton
• Kelp
• Seaweed
• Eelgrass
• Red Algae
• Palm Trees
5. Interesting Facts
• Most of the water in our oceans cover about 140 million
square miles of the Earth’s surface.
• Plankton is a plant and an animal.
• The deepest point in the ocean ever recorded is 36,198 feet
deep.
• The different zones of the ocean are the Sunlight Zone,
Twilight Zone, Midnight Zone, Abyss, and sometimes the
Trenches.
