CONTENTS CHAPTER ONE Life in the Ocean 4 CHAPTER TWO Extreme Conditions 10 CHAPTER THREE Producers 20 CHAPTER FOUR Consumers Scavengers and Decomposers 26 CHAPTER FIVE People and the Ocean 32 CHAPTER SIX The Future of the Ocean 38 The World’s Oceans 42 Stop and Think 44 Glossary 46 Learn More 47 Index 48 About the Author 48
5 CHAPTER ONE LIFE IN THE OCEAN The sea is warm and still A golden-brown carpet of seaweed called sargassum stretches along the surface The bed of seaweed is part of the Sargasso Sea in the North Atlantic Ocean It is the best hiding spot for animals living in the open ocean A young loggerhead turtle rests inside the sargassum It eats smaller creatures such as shrimp fish crabs and snails that hide among the weeds Sargassum floats near the surface in large island-like pieces
