Ocean Reading Comprehension Passages Oceanography Ocean Zones Waves & Tides

Ocean Worksheets - Reading Comprehension Passages, Questions, and Annotations

This resource is designed for an Ocean unit. It contains 5 Engaging, Non-Fiction Reading Comprehension Passages with Directions for Student Annotations! Reading Comprehension Questions also included!

Questions & Answer Keys for Each of the 5 Reading Passages!

COMMON CORE ALIGNED!

Aligned with Earth Science Complete Curriculum

Quick overview of topics covered in this resource include:

1. Waves, Tides, and Currents

Overview of ocean movement - waves, tides, and currents

Waves – caused by wind. (wind speed, wind time, and wind distance)

Tides are large waves that move in response to forces exerted by the Sun and Moon. Tides move water up and down.

Currents move water in a back and forth motion. Continuous, directed movement of water.

Surface currents are caused by solar heating and wind.

Deep water currents are caused from interactive of water density and temperature.

2. The 5 Oceans

Overview and description of each of the 5 oceans – Pacific Ocean, Atlantic Ocean, Arctic Ocean, and Southern (Antarctic) Ocean

Facts for each ocean should include – location, size, depth, salinity, water temperature, ecosystems (plants & animals),

Vocabulary: Pacific Ocean, Atlantic Ocean, Indian Ocean, Artic Ocean, Southern (Antarctic) Ocean

3. Ocean Zones

Overview of how the ocean is divided into five zones (epipelagic zone {sunlight zone}, mesopelagic zone {twilight zone}, bathypelagic zone {midnight zone}, abyssopelagic zone {the abyss}, hadopelagic zone {the trenches})

-description of each ocean zone in order from surface to deepest point. Description of temperature, water pressure, and plants and animals.

4. Marine Ecology – Plants and Animals of the Sea

Overview of marine ecology (the study of ocean life, such as habitat, populations, and interactions with organisms and environment) -definition of biotic (living) and abiotic (nonliving) factors in marine ecosystems

-Overview of marine different marine ecosystems – salt marshes, mangrove forests, coral reefs, open ocean, deep-sea, and estuaries. (important biotic factors (plants and animals) and abiotic factors of each type)

Vocabulary: Marine Ecology, biotic factors, abiotic factors, salt marshes, mangrove forests, coral reefs, open ocean, deep sea, estuaries

5. Protecting Our Oceans

-Overview of importance and why we should keep our oceans clean (important part of Earth’s ecosystem – source of food, life, and biodiversity. Source of renewable energy, regulates our climate, affects our health and well-being ) Life would not exist without our oceans.

-Overexploitation of our oceans, overfishing endangers ocean ecosystems and a food crisis.

Various ways to protect oceans – reduce plastic usage, conserve water, clean up beaches after use, recycle at home, respect habitats, reduce pollutants and choose nontoxic chemicals, using fuel efficient vehicles,

Vocabulary: pollution, preservation, ocean conservation, reusable, biodiversity, overexploitation

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