Unique Nature of Pure Water
The three states of water.
What is water, ice, and vapor?
Color of light that penetrates the deepest into the water
what is blue light?
Chemical property of the ocean
what is salinity?
Average PH of the ocean
what is 8.0-8.3?
Zone that is hit with the most sunlight
what is the epipelagic layer?
Water is the __
what is universal solvent?
Sound travels __ times faster in water than on land
what is 4.5?
Amount of salt dissolved in the water
what is salinity?
Process causing the ocean to become less alkaline.
what is ocean acidification?
Known as the twilight zone.
what is
__ has more cohesion than other liquids
what is water?
Color that penetrates the water the least
what is red?
The salinity concentration of sea water.
what is 35 ppt?
Cause of loss in PH levels in the ocean.
This zone is known as the trenches
What is the Hadal Zone?
The sticking together of two particles of the same substance.
What is Cohesion?
Unit used to measure underwater pressure.
what is atmosphere (atm)?
The two elements that account for about 85% of the ions in the ocean
what are sodium and chloride?
Percentage of C02 emitted into the atmosphere in the ocean.
what is 30%?
The layer that is in between 1000 - 4000 meters deep
what is the bathypelagic layer?
The elastic-like property of liquids that cause small liquid drops to be form spheres.
what is surface tension?
Tool sued to measure water clarity
what is a secchi disk?
Ions that come from hydrothermal vents
what are sulfides and chlorides?
Organisms at most risk of ocean acidification.
what is animals with structures made from calcium carbonate?
This is the zone that is the largest environment
what is the abyssopelagic zone?