Unique Nature of Pure Water
Marine organism are mostly made up of this
What is Water?
What is secchi disk?
Most popular chemical property of the ocean
What is salinity?
Affect the chemistry of the ocean
What is rising CO2 levels?
Carbon starts here before it dissolves in the ocean
What is the atmosphere?
Molecular structure of a water molecule
What is Two atoms of hydrogen and one atom of oxygen?
Color that penetrates the deepest
What is blue light?
85 percent of salt ions
What is sodium and chloride?
Average pH of the ocean
What is 8.0-8.3?
Carbon dioxide is converted into organic compounds through
What is photosynthesis?
Heat is measured in this
What is calories?
Increases dramatically with ocean depth
What is pressure?
Amount of trace elements in the ocean
What is tiny amount?
Process in which the pH of the ocean drops and the ocean is less alkaline
What is ocean acidification?
Break down the organic compounds and make CO2 available to producers again
What is consumers, decomposers and producers?
Three states of water
What is solid, liquid, and gas?
Sound travels faster here
What is water?
Density of seawater depends on
What is temperature and salinity?
Compound marine animals need to build their shells and skeletons
What is calcium carbonate?
Where the carbon dioxide ends up after the atmosphere
What is the ocean surface?
Materials are released into the atmosphere by
What is volcanos?
Use of sound for marine animals
What is communication, navigation, reproduction, and predator and prey detection?
Average salinity of the ocean
What is 35 percent?
Percentage of baby oysters that have died because of ocean acidification
what is 80 percent
Converted into organic compounds by photosynthesis
What is carbon dioxide?