TROPICAL OCEANS

SKIPJACK TUNA

• This tuna can grow up to 3.25 feet long.
• This tuna mainly eats smaller fish.
• This fish lives in all oceans worldwide.
• They swim in schools with up to 50,000 fish.
• This fish lives in offshore surface waters.

SMOOTH HAMMERHEAD

• This shark lives in inshore and costal waters.
• This shark can grow up to 14 feet long.
• This fish lives mainly on other fish.
• This is the one of the 10 species of hammerhead sharks.
• This shark has a flat hammer shaped shaped head.

STONEFISH

• A Stonefishes sting could kill an adult human.
• Stonefish live in shallow waters or coral reefs.
• There,are about 20 species of Stonefish in all.
• These fish can grow up to 11.75 inches long.
• Stonefish bury themselves in order to stay hidden from prey.

GREAT BARRACUDA

• This fish can grow up to 6 feet long.
• The great Barracuda survives on other fish.
• This fish lives in all oceans except the eastern Pacific.
• There are about 18 species of barracuda in all.
• This fish has been known to attack humans.

HAWKBILL TURTLE

• This turtle eats mainly shellfish.
• This turtle lives on rocky coast and and coral reefs.
• This turtle can grow up to 3 feet long.
• This turtle is critically endangered.
• This turtle has an especially thick shel.

RED ALGAE

• There are about 3700 species.
• Red algae are eaten by fish and crustaceans.
• Red algae comes in other colors than red.
• Red algae have high vitamin and protein levels.
• Red algae are mainly found attached to rocks.

KELP

• There are about 30 different kinds of kelp.
• Kelp is in the seaweed family.
• Kelp grows in underwater forests.
• This seaweed requires nutrient waters.
• Kelp grow very fast.

SEA GRASS

• Sea grass grows on the ocean floor.
• There are 58 known species of sea grass.
• Sea grass provides a place for fish to hide from predators.
• Thousands of fish feed on sea grass.
• Sea grass is mainly found in the Phillippines.

SEA LETTUCE

• Sea lettuce grows on rocks.
• Sea lettuce uses no true roots.
• Sea lettuce are also commonly found floating
• Sea lettuce can grow up to 2 feet long.
• Almost no stalk exists on this plant.

PHYTOPLANKTON

• Phytoplankton are microscopic and cannot be seen unaided.
• Phytoplankton are at the beginning of the food chain.
• There are two species of plankton.
• Some varieties can be seen as colored patches on the water.
• Phytoplankton are dependent on minerals.

TROPICAL OCEAN

• The tropical ocean is home to lots of fish.
• Coral reefs have developed over millions of years.
• The tropics have mainly warm water.
• The reefs provides homes for many fish.
• The warm waters can cause tornadoes and hurricanes.

FUN FACTS

• It takes Coral 100 years to grow one inch.
• Coral reefs cover about 600,000 miles worldwide.
• Half of the worlds fish comes from tropical oceans.
• If you touch a piece of coral it damages it.
• There is one cup of salt per every gallon of saltwater.