Unique Nature of Pure Water
What type of bond holds water molecules together?
What is a hydrogen bond?
What is the average salinity of seawater?
What is 35 parts per thousand?
What are the two most abundant ions in seawater?
What are sodium and chloride?
What gas causes ocean acidification?
What is carbon dioxide (CO₂)?
Why is water called a polar molecule?
What is because it has a positive and negative end?
What causes differences in seawater density?
What are temperature and salinity?
What is the pH range of seawater?
What is between 7.5 and 8.4?
Why does ice float on water?
What is because ice is less dense than liquid water?
How does temperature affect the density of seawater?
What is colder water is denser than warm water?
What is the rule of constant proportions?
What is the ratio of major ions in seawater remains constant?
What property allows water to stick to itself?
What is cohesion?
What process adds freshwater to the ocean, lowering salinity?
What is precipitation or melting ice?
What happens when carbon dioxide dissolves in seawater?
What is it forms carbonic acid?
How does water’s high heat capacity affect Earth’s climate?
What is it helps regulate temperature and stabilize climate?
How does evaporation affect seawater salinity?
What is it increases salinity by removing freshwater?
Why does seawater resist rapid pH change?
What is because of its buffering capacity?