Name: _________________________________
Date: __________________
Directions: Complete the worksheet and then print it out and hand it in when you are done.
1. Color the oceans and seas blue.
2. What are the five oceans on Earth?
1. _Pacific Ocean_________,
2. _Atlantic Ocean________,
3. _Indian Ocean_________ ,
4. _Southern Ocean _______,
5. _Arctic_______________.
3. What are the seven continents on Earth?
1. __North America____________,
5. __Europe___________________,
2. ___South America____________,
6.__Australia__________________,
3. ___Africa___________________,
7.___Asia_____________________,
4. ___Antarctica________________,
4. What is the largest ocean?
______Pacific______________________________
5. Which Ocean was named most recently?
a. The Indian Ocean
c. The Arctic Ocean
b. The Pacific Ocean
d. The Southern Ocean
6. Why are the Oceans salty?
__The Oceans are salty because it interact with salt minerals which turn the water salty and as
the water evaporates, the salt does not causing the water to become even more salty.
7. Is the Ocean water becoming more or less salty? Why?
More
Less
Why? ____When the water evaporates, the salt does not. The salt then remains in the ocean
causing the current water to become even more salty.
*BONUS*
Name 6 animals that live in the Ocean.
___dolphins________________________
___seahorses______________________
___sharks_________________________
___coral reefs_____________________
___catfish_________________________
___salt water fish___________________