Ocean ecosystems, marine organisms, and marine biology facts.
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- Deepest ocean trench on Earth
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Mariana Trench
- What forms a coral reef
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Partnership of coral animals and symbiotic zooxanthellae algae
- Photosynthetic algae living inside coral
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Zooxanthellae
- Fastest fish in the ocean
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Sailfish
- Percentage of atmospheric oxygen from ocean sources
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Approximately 50%
- Light production and emission by organisms
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Bioluminescence
- Ocean layer where sunlight penetrates
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Photic zone
- Ocean layer receiving no sunlight
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Aphotic zone
- Dense underwater forest of giant kelp
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Kelp forest
- Mesopelagic zone is also called the
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Twilight zone
- Largest whale species
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Blue whale
- Primary food for baleen whales
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Krill and plankton
- Crab that lives in abandoned shells
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Hermit crab
- Largest fish species alive
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Whale shark
- Navigation using emitted sound waves
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Echolocation