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The ocean covers seventy percent of the planet and most of its habitable space — and marine biology basics show up from school science to nature documentaries. These cards cover the creatures and zones that matter.
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QWhat is the largest animal ever known to exist?
AThe blue whale
QWhat is a coral reef made of?
AColonies of tiny animals (coral polyps) with calcium carbonate skeletons
QWhat is plankton?
ASmall drifting organisms — the base of the ocean food web
QAre sharks fish or mammals?
AFish — with skeletons of cartilage instead of bone
QWhat is the sunlight (euphotic) zone?
AThe top ~200 m of ocean where light supports photosynthesis
QHow do whales breathe?
AThey are mammals — they surface to breathe air through blowholes
QWhat is the deepest known point in the ocean?
AChallenger Deep in the Mariana Trench (~11,000 m)
QWhat is bioluminescence?
ALight produced by living organisms — common in deep-sea life
QWhat do sea turtles mostly eat?
ADepends on species — green turtles graze seagrass; leatherbacks eat jellyfish
QWhy are mangroves and seagrass beds important?
AThey are nurseries for young fish and store large amounts of carbon
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- One fact per card. Group recalls by depth zone — sunlight, twilight, midnight — the ocean’s structure is the best memory scaffold for it.
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- A few minutes daily beats marathons. Ten new cards a day is roughly 3,650 a year, retained. Deep dives: How to make flashcards that actually work · The spacing effect, explained · How to study for exams with flashcards.
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