Adaptations that marine animals have are sleek bodies to help them glide smoothly through the water, many colors to help them hide from predators, gills that allow them to breath under the water, sharp teeth which help them to eat their prey and fins to help them maneuver. This white sided dolphin can easily do flips and turns because of its slender and flexible build. This bright colored red sea anemone uses its prickly spines to catch its meal. Despite its attractive colors, this anemone has poisonous features. Plants Plants found in the ocean are seaweed, sea cabbage, kelp, algae, and plankton which are microscopic plants found floating in the ocean.
Plankton provide more oxygen than most of the earth's rain forests.
Seaweed can be found at depths of 100-200 meters and the giant seaweed can be as long as a football field. Some species of seaweed have air bladders to make them float. They come in colors that range from green, blue-green, red or blue. Algae helps fight against global warming by taking out some carbon dioxide from the atmosphere during photosynthesis. The plants provide food for the animals as well as providing shelter and protection for the animals hiding from their predators.