SF3 Reading ~ Danger Icebergs! ~ Author's Purpose

Read the passage. Then read each question about the passage. Select the best answer to the question.

The Pacific, Atlantic, and Indian Oceans cover about seventy percent of the earth's surface. We need the oceans for many things, but one of the most important is for food. Some of the food that we get from the ocean includes lobster, shrimp, and many kinds of fish. Some poeple even eat seaweed.

Oceans also help give up food that doesn't come out of the ocean. They help food crops on land grow by helping make rain. Water from the ocean changes into clouds, and winds carry the clouds across land. Clouds give the rain that the earth needs to grow the food that you eat. During your next meal, think about the important role that the huge oceans of the world play in giving us the food we need