Holly Duhig - Life by the Ocean

By Holly Duhig

Author: Holly Duhig

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Library and Archives Canada Cataloguing in Publication

Title: Life by the ocean / Holly Duhig.

Names: Duhig, Holly, author.

Description: Series statement: Human habitats | Includes index.

Identifiers: Canadiana (print) 20190087781 | Canadiana (ebook) 2019008779X | ISBN 9780778764786 (hardcover) | ISBN 9780778764847 (softcover) | ISBN 9781427123701 (HTML)

Subjects: LCSH: Human ecologyJuvenile literature. | LCSH: Coastal ecology Juvenile literature. | LCSH: Marine ecologyJuvenile literature. | LCSH: Ocean and civilizationJuvenile literature. | LCSH: DwellingsJuvenile literature.

Classification: LCC GF65 .D84 2019 | DDC j304.209162dc23

Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data

Names: Duhig, Holly author.

Title: Life by the ocean / Holly Duhig.

Description: New York : Crabtree Publishing Company, 2019. | Series: Human habitats | Includes index. | Audience: Age 5-7. | Audience: K to Grade Identifiers: LCCN 2019014260 (print) | LCCN 2019021649 (ebook) | ISBN 9781427123701 (Electronic) | ISBN 9780778764786 (hardcover) | ISBN 9780778764847 (pbk.)

Subjects: LCSH: Ocean--Juvenile literature. | Coastal settlements-- Juvenile literature. | Human ecology--Juvenile literature.

Classification: LCC GF65 (ebook) | LCC GF65 .D84 2019 (print) | DDC 304.20914/6--dc23

LC record available at https://lccn.loc.gov/2019014260

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Page Human Habitats

Page Habitats by Oceans

Page Life on the Andaman Sea

Page Life in the Pacific Ocean

Page Life on the Alaskan Coast

Page Life on an Oil Rig

Page Think About It

Page Glossary and Index

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Animals live in habitats. They are places that provide animals with food, water, and shelter. An animals body is adapted to its habitat.

Sharks have gills that let them get oxygen in their underwater habitat.

GILLS

The places humans live can also be called habitats. Humans adapt their behavior to survive in different habitats. For example, they can eat food that is found in the environment where they live.

Many humans live by oceans. We cannot live in them like sharks. But we can use a snorkel to breathe underwater while we swim or fish!

CAPE TOWN, SOUTH AFRICA

The coast is the place where the land meets the ocean. People around the world live on coasts. Many depend on oceans to survive. For example, they eat food that comes from oceans.

Coasts around the world are different. How people live on different coasts changes too.

Kobe, Japan

Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada

Seven Mile Beach,

Grand Cayman Island

Living near the ocean might sound like a lot of fun. Many people go to coasts for vacations. However, extreme weather such as floods and ocean storms can make living by the ocean difficult. To survive, people must adapt to live on coasts.

Superstorm Sandy destroyed many houses on the coast of the United States, such as this one in New Jersey.

The Moken people live on islands and boats around the Mergui Archipelago. An archipelago is a group of islands. The Mergui Archipelago is in the Andaman Sea, which is part of the Indian Ocean.

There are about islands in the Mergui Archipelago.

The Moken people depend on the sea. They have adapted to life there. They travel by boat from island to island. Some even live on houseboats called kabang . They fish in the sea and gather island plants for food.