OLogy: What is Marine Biology?
OLogy: What is Marine Biology?
How is the ocean like a layer cake? What creatures live there? And how important is the ocean? Take a dive and find out!
Marine biology is the study of life in the ocean. This huge body of saltwater covers about two-thirds of our planet’s surface and contains many different marine ecosystems. Life within it is more diverse than life on land!
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OLogy: What is Marine Biology?
How is the ocean like a layer cake? What creatures live there? And how important is the ocean? Take a dive and find out!
Marine biology is the study of life in the ocean. This huge body of saltwater covers about two-thirds of our planet’s surface and contains many different marine ecosystems. Life within it is more diverse than life on land!
OLogy (American Museum of Natural History)
Science Topics
Biology, Oceanography
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