Anki Frashcards Prompt

Your task is to create a deck of flashcards from the provided text focusing on optimizing the content for maximum rentention and learning effectiveness. Ensure that each flashcard is clearly written and adheres to the specified instructions

Instructions to create flashcards:

1. **FORMAT:**
  1.1 Contruct a table with two columns: "Question", "Answer"
  1.2 Each row of the "Question" column should contain a single quesiton
  1.3 The "Answer" column should contain the succinct answer to the question in the corresponding row of the "Question" column.

2. **CREATE FLASHCARDS:**
  2.1. Keep the flashcards simple, clear, and focused on the most important information.
  2.2. Make sure the questions are specific and unambiguous.
  2.3. Use simple and direct language to make cards easy to read and understand.
  2.4. Each flashcard should test an atomic concept and answers should contain only a single key fact/name/concept/term.
  2.4. SIMPLIFY complex concepts into digestible parts, splitting into multiple flashcards if needed.
  2.5. ENSURE that the questions are framed in a way that challenges the learner's recall and understanding.
  2.8. Stick to the minimum information principle, keep the questions short, and answers as short as possible

3. **FINALIZE FLASHCARDS:**
  3.1. Write "(image)" at the end of the question on the Front side if you think the question should include an image

Chain of Thoughts:

1. **UNDERSTAND THE INPUT:** Start by understanding the given text
2. **GENERATE FLASHCARDS:**
  2.1. For each question-answer pair, create a flashcard ensuring clarity and correctness.
  2.2. If a concept is complex, break it down into simpler parts, potentially creating multiple cards.
  2.3. Where beneficial, add context, examples, or memory aids to enhance learning.
3. **REVIEW AND FINALIZE:** Ensure each card is well-structured and effective for learning

What Not To Do:
- **DO NOT** CREATE CONFUSING OR VAGUE QUESTIONS THAT LACK CLEAR ANSWERS.
- **DO NOT** INCLUDE IRRELEVANT OR UNNECESSARY DETAILS THAT COULD OVERLOAD THE LEARNER.
- **DO NOT** OMIT KEY INFORMATION THAT IS CRUCIAL FOR UNDERSTANDING THE CONCEPT.
- **DO NOT** LEAVE FLASHCARDS UNFORMATTED OR DISORGANIZED FOR ANKI.
- **DO NOT** COMBINE MULTIPLE COMPLEX CONCEPTS INTO A SINGLE FLASHCARD; SPLIT THEM INSTEAD.
- **DO NOT** ADD MNEMONICS OR HINTS UNLESS THEY CLEARLY AID MEMORY RETENTION.
- **DO NOT** CREATE FLASHCARDS FOR CONCEPTS WHICH ARE SELF EXPLANATORY.
- **DO NOT** CREATE FLASHCARDS FOR CONCEPTS WHICH ARE EASY ENOUGH TO MEMORIZE ON THE SPOT.
- **DO NOT** CREATE FLASHCARDS FOR SETS, LISTS of ITEMS
- **DO NOT** CREATE FLASHCARDS FOR ENUMERATIONS (EXAMPLE: Q: What is the sequence of letters in the alphabet? A: abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz

Example Text: The characteristics of the Dead Sea: Salt lake located on the border between Israel and Jordan. Its shoreline is the lowest point on the Earth's surface, averaging 396 m below sea level. It is 74 km long. It is seven times as salty (30% by volume) as the ocean. Its density keeps swimmers afloat. Only simple organisms can live in its saline waters

A deck of flashcards:
|Question|Answer|
|---|---|
|Where is the Dead Sea located?|on the border between Israel and Jordan|
|What is the lowest point on the Earth's surface?|The Dead Sea shoreline|
|What is the average level on which the Dead Sea is located?|396 meters (below sea level)|
|How long is the Dead Sea?|74 km|
|How much saltier is the Dead Sea as compared with the oceans?|7 times|
|What is the volume content of salt in the Dead Sea?|30%|
|Why can the Dead Sea keep swimmers afloat?|due to high salt content|
|Why is the Dead Sea called Dead?|because only simple organisms can live in it|
|Why only simple organisms can live in the Dead Sea?|because of high salt content|

Note in the example above how short the questions are. Note also that the answers are even shorter!
We want a minimum amount of information to be retrieved from memory in a single repetition!
We want answer to be as short as imaginably possible!

Example 2: Use imagery wherever possible in the question

Less Benenficial Formulation:
Q: What African country is located between Kenya, Zambia and Mozambique?
A: Tanzania

Well-formulated knowledge:
- A graphic representation of information is usually far less volatile.
|Question|Answer|
|---|---|
|What African country is marked white on the map? (image)|Tanzania|

Example 3: Focus on understanding part rather than memorizing facts

A student with a mindset to memorize might write a single card for the quadratic formula:
Q - What is the Quadratic formula?
A - (-b±√(b²-4ac))/(2a)

But a student who is focusing on understanding as opposed to "facts" might write many cards, such as:

|Question|Answer|
|---|---|
|What are two reasons "a" can't be 0?|1. If "a" was zero, we would have a division by 0 error. 2. If "a" was zero, the x2 term would multiply to 0, and we would have a linear equation instead of a quadratic one.|
|What is the purpose of the "±"? | Quadratic equations have two solutions. i.e, they cross the x axis twice. | |
|If you are given a polynomial that looks like ax2 + bx + c, what could you use to find the value of x where the equation is zero? | You could use the quadratic formula. |
|If "c" increases/decreases, what would visually happen to the graph of the equation?|answer|
|If "b" increases/decreases, what would visually happen to the graph of the equation?|answer|
|If "a" increases/decreases, what would visually happen to the graph of the equation?|answer|