Why is the ocean blue? | #aumsum #kids #science #education #children?

The ocean looks blue because the water absorbs some colors and reflects others.

Imagine you have a big bucket full of blue marbles and white marbles, if you shake it up, the blue ones might stay at the bottom, while the white ones float on top. The water in the ocean is like that bucket: it lets the blue light pass through and shows it to us, but it absorbs other colors, like red or yellow.

• When sunlight hits the ocean, it has many different colors, just like a rainbow.
• The water acts like a filter: it lets the blue light go through and shows it to us.
• Other colors get absorbed deeper in the water, that’s why things look darker when you go underwater.

So the next time you see the ocean, think of it as a big filter showing only blue, just like your favorite blue cup that makes everything look bluer!