Ocean Information

Facts
The four main oceans are the Atlantic, the Pacific, the Indian, and the Arctic. The Pacific Ocean is so large that all of the land on Earth could fit inside it. These four oceans are really part of one large world ocean. Long ago sailors use rope to map the ocean bottom. They measured the depth of the ocean by measuring the length of the wet rope. Today scientists map the ocean bottom by using sound waves.

Vocabulary of the Ocean Floor

Continental Shelf-the shallow part of the ocean floor

Continental Slope-the land from the continental shelf to the ocean basin

Ridge-a chain of underwater mountains

Ocean Basin-the deep ocean floor

Trench-a deep narrow valley in the ocean floor

We will work together to create an Ocean ABC book.