Unique nature of pure water
How much percent of seawater primarlay salt and water?
What is 95%?
Water is relatively what? (one can see through it)
What is transparent?
What’s the name of the total amount of salt dissolved in water?
What is salinity?
The carbon that forms the backbone of all organic molecules starts where?
What is atmosphere?
What is the first layer of the ocean?
What is Epipelagic zone?
Matter consists of elements, each of which naturally occurs as small units known as_______?
What is atoms?
Which light penetrates the deepest in the water?
What is blue light?
Which ions come from volcanoes & hydrothermal vents?
What is sulfides and chlorides?
Carbon dioxide is converted into organic
compounds by______?
What is Photosynthesis
What is the last layer of the ocean?
What is hadalpelagic Zone?
Why are water molecules attracted to one another?
What is electrical charges?
As pressure increases what does gas do?
What is compressed or compressing?
Which 3 ions come from rivers?
What is sodium, potassium, magnesium?
What organisms are at risk due to ocean acidification?
What is organisms with shells, skeletons or other structures made of calcium carbonate
How deep is the bathypelagic zone?
What is 1000m-4000m?
What is the name of the water molecule attracting to one another?
What is the name of a naturally-occurring ocean “channel” that allows sound to carry great distances?
What is SOFAR?
The saltier the water is the _______ it is?
What is denser?
What ions are needed by organisms to build and maintain shells and other calcium carbonate structures?
Which layer is known as the midnight zone?
What is the bathypelagic zone?
Which property helps stabilize large bodies of water?
What is high heat capacity?
What device or utility is used to measure water clarity?
What is a secchi disk?
Most trace elements are removed from the ocean when they are incorporated into sinking
particle. What is the name of this?
What is marine snow?
About how much CO2 enters oceans each year?
What is 30%?
Which zone is the largest environment on earth?
What is Abyssopelagic zone?