Oceans and seas

1. Oceans and seas By: Brianna #14

2. Animals in the ocean • Unlike some animals octopuses can blend in with their surroundings to help kill their prey. • Some animals like the blue whale only eat little tiny animals called krill. • Some animals are prey and they get hunted usually by bigger animals. • Meat is food to animals called carnivores.

3. Plants in the ocean • Plants in the ocean are fed by photosynthesis that is food they produce themselves. • Most plants in the ocean are covered in algae or bacteria. • Plants are food to herbivores they only eat plants

4. Ocean waves • http://video.nationalgeographic.com/video/player/places/parks-and-nature-places/oceans/oceans-barrier-reef.html • When waves come in it is called low tide • When waves go out it is • Waves pick up a lot of stuff on the shore and carry it into the ocean.

5. Prey in the ocean • A prey is what gets killed for food • An octopus grabs his prey with his tentacles and suffocates it and then eats it. • A lot of animals blend in with their surroundings to help kill their prey. • Scavengers are animals that go around and eat the leftovers of what other animals have already killed.

6. Predators in the ocean • Animals that kill other animals are called predators • Usually bigger animals kill smaller animals • A blue whale is huge and it only eats these little fish called krill. • Some animals are prey and predators. • Animals have to kill enough food to live or they will die. • References- Survival and Change, Food Chains and Webs, Oceans and Seas, A Walk in the Ocean