Oceans and Ponds

• ocean is a large body of salt water
• beds of kelp (seaweed) are like forests in the ocean (provide food and shelter for animals)

 

• body shapes of animals help them swim (fins, flippers, tails)
• ocean animals stay safe (sea turtles have shells, some animals have spines)
• whales, sharks and dolphins stay in deep water
• pond- small body of fresh water that does not flow
• fresh water has little or no salt
• frogs, fish, and turtles eat insects that live in ponds
• snakes live in grass near ponds and eat frogs
• pond plants grow up through the water to get sunlight
• some insects breathe through tubes to the water's surface
• salamanders breathe through skin

 

• fish breathe through gills