Simplify the following text for a Grade 8 native English-speaking person.
Original: The Pacific Ocean is the body of water between Asia and Australia in the west , the Americas in the east , the Southern Ocean to the south , and the Arctic Ocean to the north .
Simplified: The Pacific Ocean is the largest of the Earth 's oceanic divisions . It extends from the Arctic in the north to the Southern Ocean in the south , bounded by Asia and Australia in the west , and the Americas in the east .