Chapter 1 the ocean From space our world looks mostly blue Look at a globe Most of the globe is blue Blue means water We call our planet Earth Maybe we should call it Ocean Almost three fourths of the world is covered with ocean Most water on Earth is ocean water Ocean water is salty It is too salty to drink But it is full of life This is how Earth looks from space The green parts are land What are the blue areas
A hawksbill turtle eats a jellyfish in the ocean Creatures in the Ocean Creatures of all sizes live in the ocean Some are tiny They are too small to see Some are very big Whales live in the ocean They are the biggest animals on Earth Fish swim in the ocean Worms burrow in the mud of the ocean floor Clams live in the mud too Crabs crawl along the bottom Seabirds fly above the water Many creatures live along the shore
The ocean is a very important environment An environment is the place where any creature lives The ocean environment includes air water sand or mud and weather as well as plants and animals EARTH'S OCEANS There are five oceans on Earth
