PLANTS LIVE IN THE OCEANS. THE UNDERWATER WORLD IS AMAZING!
LET’S SEE THEM!
THE FOREST UNDER THE SEA
• THERE ARE FORESTS IN THE OCEAN.
THERE ARE TREES UNDER THE WATER.
THE TREES ARE SEAWEED. THE
SEAWEED IS CALLED KELP.
A BIG KELP PLANT CAN BE AS TALL AS
A BUILDING WITH 20 FLOORS. LOTS OF SEA ANIMALS LIVE IN THE KELP. THERE ARE SNAILS, DIFFERENT KINDS OF FISH. THEY HIDE IN THE KELP FROM SEALS, DOLPHINS AND SEA LIONS. THERE ARE SEA OTTERS IN THE OCEAN. OTTERS ARE SMALL ANIMALS. THEY LIKE SWIMMING AND EATING SEA URCHINS. WHEN OTTERS EAT SEA URCHINS THE CORALS
• CORALS ARE LIKE A
GARDEN IN THE OCEAN. CORALS LIVE IN REEFS. THERE ARE PINK, ORANGE, RED CORALS, CORALS LIKE FANS AND CORALS THAT LOOK LIKE BRAINS. CORALS ARE TINY ANIMALS. THEY HAVE GOT A MOUTH, TENTACLES AND A STOMACH. THEY DON’T HAVE ARMS OR LEGS. THE CORALS LIVE IN WARM WATER AND NEED THE SUN. THEY EAT TINY FISH AND PLANKTON. THE BIGGEST CORAL REEF SOME ANIMALS EAT CORALS- SNAILS, PARROTFISH, AND STARFISH. FISH EAT BABY STARFISH. PEOPLE EAT FISH AND THERE ARE LOTS OF FISH ON CORAL REEFS. BUT WHEN PEOPLE CATCH TOO MANY FISH, THE CORAL DIES. WE MUST PROTECT THE CORAL REEFS. DEAD CORALS ARE WHITE. SMOKE IN THE WATER • THERE IS SMOKE UNDER WATER. • IT COMES FROM HOLES IN THE WATER. • THIS WATER IS SOMETIMES 400 DEGREES CELCIUS. • THE UNDERWATER WORLD IS DARK. A LOT OF CREATURES LIVE THERE.
CRABS TUBE WORMS LOBSTERS
OTHER CREATURES
MUSSELS SHRIMPS SEA CUCUMBER
THE DEEPEST PLACE ON EARTH THE MARIANA TRENCH WHAT IS IT? • IT IS IN THE PACIFIC OCEAN. • IT IS 11, 000 KM DEEP. • MOUNT EVEREST CAN FIT IN THE MARIANA TRENCH. THERE IS ALSO LIFE IN THE DEEPEST PLACE ON EARTH WE MUST PROTECT THIS UNDERWATER WORLD. • WE MUST BE CAREFUL.