Water Chemistry
Salinity
Gases
Other
100
These are the three atoms that make up a water molecule
What is 2 H and 1 O
100
What is the average salinity of ocean water
What is 35ppt
100
List 2 ways gas can get into ocean water
What is mixing, photosynthesis, and/or cell respiration
100
This is the device used to seperate fresh water from salt water by the using heat
What is a still
200
The property of water sticking to itself
What is cohesion
200
An ion with a positive charge is called this while its opposite (with a negative) charge is called this
What is cation and anion
200
The process of moving carbon from the atmosphere into the ocean depths
What is the biological pump
200
These three things can be discovered by analyzing ice cores
What is climate change, pollution, and carbon dioxide changes.
300
This is the reason why ice floats (even though it is a solid)
What is its lower density
300
This is one way salts can leave the ocean
What is shell formation, sea spray, or precipate out to form solids on the sea floor.
300
These 2 types of organisms produce oxygen in the ocean.
What is plants and phytoplankton
300
These are 3 of the contributors to the salts in the ocean
What is volcanic activity, earths crust (erosion), hydrothermal vents.
400
Because water has a negative region and a positive region it is considered to be this type of molecule
What is polar
400
Measuring the ___ of water we can determine its salinity.
What is conductivity
400
This allows colder water to hold more gas than warm water.
What is faster movement of the molecules
400
This fish makes sand from eating coral.
What are parrot fish
500
Because of the high amount of energy needed to heat up water water it said to have a high what
What is specific heat
500
These are the 4 of the 6 most abundant salts in the ocean
What is sodium, patassium, chloride, magnesium, sulfate, and calcium
500
This is the depth at which the rate of photosynthesis balances the rate of respiration.
What is conpensation depth
500
These ecosystems are the richest in biodiversity in the sea
What are coral reefs.
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