Marine Science (0697)

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Free Marine Science (0697) study notes for Cambridge IGCSE students. Each chapter breaks down a key concept with examples and practice prompts you can turn into AI drills in the thinka app.

The Earth and its oceans

Structure of the Earth
Plate tectonics
Oceans and seas
Tides and currents

Sea water

The water cycle
pH and salinity
Dissolved gases
Density
Effects of increasing depth
Upwelling

Marine organisms

Cell structure and function
Reproduction
Classification
The animal kingdom
Plant and protoctist kingdoms
Animal life cycles
Migration

Nutrients and energy

Nutrients
Respiration
Photosynthesis
Feeding relationships

Marine ecology

Components of ecosystems
Investigating ecosystems
Open-ocean ecosystem
Rocky shores
Sedimentary shores
Mangrove forest
Tropical coral reefs

Human influences on the marine environment

Overview of human interactions with marine ecosystems
Tourism
Fisheries
Aquaculture
Energy from the oceans
Plastic pollution
Eutrophication
Understanding climate change
Conservation strategies

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