Are you sociable like a dolphin or shy like a seahorse CURIOUS Questions and answers about Our What's your favorite color Oceans Do you prefer swimming or skating if you could eat one food every day what would it be If you could talk with a whale or a walrus which Would you choose What's your FAVORITE ocean animal Words by Camilla de la Bédoyère illustrations by Tim Budgen WINDMILL BOOKS
4 How big is an ocean There are five oceans and they are HUGE Together they NORTH cover two thirds of AMERICA Earth's surface ATLANTIC OCEAN An ocean is a large area of salty water It's also called the sea ÞACİFİC OCEAN SOUTH AMERICA Seaweed is a plant that lives in salty water Day octopus SOUTHERN OCEAN Long snouted seahorse Are the oceans important Yes Billions of animals and plants live in them People use the things that live in the ocean for all sorts of things too A type of seaweed called red algae is used in peanut butter it makes it easy to spread
Bearded seal ARCTIC OCEAN A big area of land like Asia is called a continent All the continents together are still smaller than the Pacific Ocean EUROPE ASIA ÞACİFİC OCEAN AFRICA INDIAN OCEAN Are you a shark or a whale OCEANIA I'm a type of shark called a whale shark the world's biggest fish My mouth is so big you could sit in it but i only eat plankton tiny animals and plants Why is the sea blue Sunlight is made up of lots of colors When it shines on the ocean most of the colors disappear into the water but blue light bounces back so the ocean looks blue 5
