OCEAN NAVIGATOR. Premium Worksheets For Children. Illustrations: Swathi Content: Marwah. For 8-12 Year olds

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1 OCEAN NAVIGATOR Premium Worksheets For Children For 8-12 Year olds Illustrations: Swathi Content: Marwah

2 Index Activity Name Skills Acquired World Oceans Ocean Zones Where Are They Found? Trash Navigator Whale Pathfinder Biggest To Smallest My Compass Coral Reef Real vs Fake Nautical Word Search Sorting, Logical Reasoning, Concept Learning Observation, Sequencing, Discovery Discovery, Geography, Concept Learning Discovery, Analysis, Awareness Visual Motor, Problem Solving, Confidence Discovery, Concept Learning, Spatial Awarness Creativity, Coordination, Logical Reasoning Vocabulary, Creativity, Fine Motor Play, Discovery, Comparison Vocabulary, Visual Tracking, Concentration

3 World Oceans Oceans cover a major part of the Earth! Massive oceans are found amidst the continents. Below are the list of ocean names. Identify and write the name of each ocean in the correct position. Pacific Ocean Atlantic Ocean Indian Ocean Arctic Ocean Southern Ocean The acronym 'PAIAS' will help you recall all the ocean names: Pacific ocean, Atlantic ocean, Indian ocean, Arctic ocean, and Southern ocean. The acronyms are in the order of the largest to smallest oceans.

4 Ocean Zones There are five distinct zones in the ocean. Each zone is home to different ocean creatures. The deeper we go, the darker and colder it becomes. This happens because the sunlight doesn't reach this far. Here are the different zones and information about each zone. Cut and place the zones in order. Trench m Snail fish, Tube worm Abyss m Angler fish, Giant Squid Sunlight Zone m Jellyfish, Dolphins Twilight Zone m Crab, Shark Midnight Zone m Dumbo octopus, Eel Algae and phytoplankton take in carbon dioxide and create oxygen.they create more oxygen than any other living organism! Answers: (First zone) Sunlight zone, twilight zone, midnight zone, abyss, (deepest zone) trench.

5 Where Are They Found? Oceans are home to different creatures and there are different islands found in each ocean. Below are different islands and ocean creatures. Cut and paste the islands and creatures in their ocean homes. An ocean map has been provided on the next page. Scott Island Penguin Barbados Orca Sri Lanka Dolphin Greenland Polar Bear New Guinea Great White Shark 90% of ocean creatures live in the sunlight zone. Since this zone receives the most sunlight, all the creatures enjoy this zone.

6 Answers: Indian Ocean - Sri Lanka, Dolphin. Pacific Ocean - New Guinea, Great White Shark. Atlantic Ocean - Barbados, Orca. Arctic Ocean - Greenland, Polar Bear. Southern Ocean - Scott Island, Penguin

7 Trash Navigator Every year an organisation called the International Coastal Cleanup cleans up the ocean. There is a lot of trash in the oceans! Below are some of the things they found in the ocean in If we were to go swimming in the ocean, we ll have to swim through all of this trash! Can you identify which number belong to which trash item? Eg: They found 390,468 glass bottles! 762, ,227 1,578, , ,900 September 15 is international coastal cleanup day. Even you can help cleanup the beaches and coasts on that day! You may also help reduce the amount of trash found in the world by recycling all the waste. Answers: Chocolate wrappers - 762,353, plastic Bottles - 1,578,834,.5 plastic Bags - 520,900, straws - 409,087, bottle - 822,227.

8 Whale Pathfinder How easy it is to get lost in the mighty big whale! Find your way out through the whale?. The Blue Whale is the largest creature known to man. It s bigger than the biggest dinosaur that ever existed.

9 Biggest To Smallest Water covers a major portion of the Earth s surface! But do you know which ocean is the biggest and covers the most? Read the information given on the chart below and identify the order of oceans from the biggest to the smallest. This is the third largest ocean in the world. It covers 14.4% of the Earth s water area. This ocean is the warmest of all the other oceans. The islands madagascar, Sri Lanka and Seychelles are found in this ocean. This ocean is the fourth largest. It covers 4% of the Earth s water area. It s found close to the South Pole. This ocean is home to the wandering n Albatross and plenty of Emperor penguins! This is ocean is the smallest and shallowest of all the oceans. It covers 2.8% of the Earth s water area. A Jellyfish named Lion s Mane Jellyfish is found in this ocean. This ocean is the second largest in the world. It covers 20.8% of the Earth s water area. It lies right between North and South America and Europe and Africa. This ocean covers 30% of the Earth s water area. In Portuguese its name means the peaceful ocean. The Mariana Trench and the Great Barrier Reef are found in this ocean. There are more than 25,000 small islands found in the Pacific ocean. Answers: (biggest to smallest) Pacific, Atlantic, Indian, Southern, Arctic.

10 My Compass A compass is a tool that helps us find directions. Using a compass, we can point to North, South, East, or West. Sailors often use compasses to navigate through the oceans! Colour the compass given below and cut and paste the correct directions on the compass. East West North South North-east South-east North-west South-west The very first compass was created by the Chinese. They would use the compass to find lands to create cities in.

11 Coral Reef A coral reef is an ecosystem or habitat for marine creatures. It is home to millions of marine creatures. The coral reefs grow so slow that it takes years for a coral reef to grow big. The biggest coral reef known is the Great Barrier Reef. The coral reef below seems to be missing colour, so go ahead and get out your colouring tools and colour away! The Great Barrier Reef is so large that it can be seen from outer space!

12 Real vs Fake The world underwater is filled with all kinds of amazing creatures! Some of them will have you wondering is this even real?! We ve created a list of real creatures and some made-up ones. Can you guess which of these incredible creatures are not the real ones? 1 Cockatoo squid Blood belly comb jelly Blubbbbbblubbkpaá 2 Barreleye fish Lantern Fish Green Head Brush Tail 3 Cookiecuter shark Soupy fish Humuhumunukunukuāpua a There are creatures in the deepest zones of the ocean. Many of them are bioluminescent (glow in the dark). They use their bioluminescence to scare other fish away or to find food. Answer: 1) Blubbbbbblubbkup a 2) Green Head Brush Tail 3) Soupyfish

13 Nautical Word Search The word nautical refers to anything relating to sailors, ocean navigation, or oceans. Below are a list of nautical words. All the words are hidden in the anchor below! Once you ve found all the words, how about getting out a dictionary and finding their meanings? Marine Kelp Voyage Nautical Barnacle Coral Anchor Barnacles are small creatures that attach themselves to hard surfaces that are in the ocean water. You can find barnacles at the bottoms of ships, on whales, and on turtle shells.

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