{
 "source": "https://peabody.kids/flashcards/fun-sharks-and-sea-creatures",
 "id": "fun-sharks-and-sea-creatures",
 "title": "Sharks and Ocean Creatures",
 "category": "trivia-fun",
 "subject": "Ocean Life",
 "levels": [
  "k-2",
  "3-5",
  "6-8"
 ],
 "description": "Sharks, whales, and other creatures of the sea.",
 "tags": [
  "ocean",
  "sharks",
  "marine"
 ],
 "frontLabel": "Sea creature",
 "backLabel": "Fact",
 "cards": [
  [
   "Great white shark",
   "A big hunter that lives in many coastal oceans"
  ],
  [
   "Whale shark",
   "The largest fish; it eats tiny plankton"
  ],
  [
   "Hammerhead shark",
   "A shark with a wide, flat head"
  ],
  [
   "Tiger shark",
   "A shark with dark stripes that fade with age"
  ],
  [
   "Nurse shark",
   "A calm, bottom-dwelling shark"
  ],
  [
   "Basking shark",
   "A giant shark that filters plankton"
  ],
  [
   "Bull shark",
   "A shark that can swim in fresh water"
  ],
  [
   "Megalodon",
   "An extinct giant shark, long gone"
  ],
  [
   "Shark skeleton",
   "Made of cartilage, the same bendy stuff as your ear"
  ],
  [
   "Shark teeth",
   "They are replaced throughout life"
  ],
  [
   "Blue whale",
   "The biggest animal ever to live"
  ],
  [
   "Humpback whale",
   "Known for its songs and big leaps"
  ],
  [
   "Orca",
   "A black and white whale also called a killer whale, really a big dolphin"
  ],
  [
   "Narwhal",
   "A whale with a long tusk, nicknamed the unicorn of the sea"
  ],
  [
   "Beluga",
   "A white whale that makes many sounds"
  ],
  [
   "Sperm whale",
   "A deep diver with a huge head"
  ],
  [
   "Bottlenose dolphin",
   "A smart, playful dolphin"
  ],
  [
   "Manatee",
   "A gentle sea cow that eats plants"
  ],
  [
   "Sea otter",
   "Floats on its back and uses rocks to crack shells"
  ],
  [
   "Walrus",
   "A big seal relative with tusks"
  ],
  [
   "Seal",
   "A sleek swimmer with flippers"
  ],
  [
   "Sea lion",
   "A seal relative with ear flaps that can walk on its flippers"
  ],
  [
   "Octopus",
   "Has eight arms and three hearts"
  ],
  [
   "Squid",
   "Has ten arms and a streamlined body"
  ],
  [
   "Cuttlefish",
   "Changes color to hide or talk"
  ],
  [
   "Giant squid",
   "A deep-sea giant with huge eyes"
  ],
  [
   "Jellyfish",
   "A soft sea animal with stinging tentacles and no brain"
  ],
  [
   "Starfish",
   "A sea star with arms and no fish parts at all"
  ],
  [
   "Sea urchin",
   "A spiny round animal on the sea floor"
  ],
  [
   "Sea cucumber",
   "A soft, tube-like animal on the sea bottom"
  ],
  [
   "Seahorse",
   "A fish where the dad carries the babies"
  ],
  [
   "Clownfish",
   "Lives safely in sea anemones"
  ],
  [
   "Pufferfish",
   "Puffs up like a ball when scared"
  ],
  [
   "Angelfish",
   "A colorful, flat reef fish"
  ],
  [
   "Manta ray",
   "A huge flat swimmer that looks like it flaps wings"
  ],
  [
   "Stingray",
   "A flat fish with a stinging tail spine"
  ],
  [
   "Electric eel",
   "Lives in rivers and can make a strong electric shock"
  ],
  [
   "Moray eel",
   "A snake-like fish that hides in reef holes"
  ],
  [
   "Swordfish",
   "A fast fish with a long pointed bill"
  ],
  [
   "Barracuda",
   "A long, fast fish with sharp teeth"
  ],
  [
   "Tuna",
   "A fast, strong ocean fish"
  ],
  [
   "Flying fish",
   "A fish that glides above the waves"
  ],
  [
   "Anglerfish",
   "A deep-sea fish with a glowing lure"
  ],
  [
   "Coral",
   "Tiny animals that build reefs"
  ],
  [
   "Sea turtle",
   "Reptile that lays eggs on beaches"
  ],
  [
   "Leatherback turtle",
   "The largest sea turtle"
  ],
  [
   "Hermit crab",
   "A crab that lives in borrowed shells"
  ],
  [
   "Lobster",
   "A crustacean with big claws"
  ],
  [
   "Horseshoe crab",
   "An old kind of animal with blue blood"
  ],
  [
   "Mantis shrimp",
   "A colorful shrimp with a super-fast punch"
  ],
  [
   "Sea anemone",
   "A flower-like animal with stinging tentacles"
  ],
  [
   "Nautilus",
   "A sea animal with a coiled shell"
  ],
  [
   "Penguin",
   "A bird that swims instead of flies"
  ],
  [
   "Pelican",
   "A seabird with a big pouch"
  ],
  [
   "Coral reef",
   "A busy underwater city for fish"
  ],
  [
   "Kelp forest",
   "Underwater forest of giant seaweed"
  ],
  [
   "Plankton",
   "Tiny drifting plants and animals in the ocean"
  ],
  [
   "Krill",
   "Tiny shrimp-like animals eaten by many whales"
  ],
  [
   "Mariana Trench",
   "The deepest part of the ocean"
  ],
  [
   "Bioluminescence",
   "Light made by living things such as some jellyfish and fish"
  ],
  [
   "Sea",
   "A large body of salt water"
  ],
  [
   "Tide",
   "The rise and fall of the sea each day"
  ],
  [
   "Tsunami",
   "A giant wave caused by an underwater earthquake"
  ]
 ]
}