Ocean Animals Facts Ks2
Others live most of their life in the deeper open sea.
Ocean animals facts ks2. Turtles live on every continent except Antarctica. Over 90 of the life on Earth lives in the ocean. Male seahorses can give birth and are the only animal that can do so.
It can be used as a full topic with over 20 hours of classroom activities or using a pick and mix approach. These were the three most common types of sea animals that inhabit the oceans these are just 7 of the sea animals and the rest 93 life forms are yet to be discovered. Rays such as stingrays and manta rays are related to sharks.
The average depth of the ocean is 12400 feet. Ocean animals can include marine mammals birds fish cephalopods corals sharks and reptiles. As the currents flow around the planet they move cold.
The Mariana Trench is the deepest point in the ocean at 36000 feet deep. Animals such as seahorses clownfish and sea turtles all live on coral reefs which would be considered a coastal type of ocean habitat. One ocean habitat might be much warmer and more shallow coastal.
We have a long way to go in terms of discovering what wonders the oceans. Some currents flow quickly while some move very slowly. Animals such as seahorses clownfish and sea turtles all live on coral reefs which would be considered a coastal habitat.
Since they dont have a backbone they belong to a group of species called invertebrates which. There are an estimated 230000 known marine species. Around 90 of all volcanic activity takes place in the worlds oceans.