Houghton Mifflin Social Studies
Chapter 1, Lesson 1: Sand and Salt (pp. 4-7)
I. Pacific and Atlantic
B. The Atlantic Ocean, the second largest ocean in the world, borders the United States mainland on the east.
II. Coastal Land
B. Ocean waves scrape away the land. This is called erosion.
C. Ocean waves deposit mud and sand on the coast, which forms beaches.
Lesson at a Glance Outline
A. The Pacific Ocean, the largest ocean in the world, borders the United States mainland on the west.
A. The coast is the land along the edge of an ocean.
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