Unique Nature of Pure Water
How much salt does seawater have?
What is…3.5%
What is water denser than?
What is…air.
What is one chemical property of the ocean?
What is … salinity?
What do rising CO2 levels affect in the Ocean?
What is… the Chemistry of the Ocean?
Carbon dioxide is converted into organic compounds by what?
What is... photosynthesis/glucose?
What atoms are in the water molecule H20?
What is…two hydrogen atoms and one oxygen atom.
What does the abbreviation SOFAR stand for?
What is...Sound Fixing and Ranging Channel
Salinity is the total of what dissolved in water?
What is... Salt?
What is the average ph of the ocean?
What is... 8.0-8.3?
What breaks down the organic compounds to make CO2 available to producers?
What is... respiration?
Each water molecule has slight negative and positive ____ charges.
What is…electrical
Marine organisms are under the weight of the _____ and the weight of the _____.
What is…atmosphere and water.
The saltier the water is the ____ it is
What is… denser?
Organisms made with _____ are at most risk of ocean acidification
What is… Calcium carbonate (CaCO3)?
What are two things that influence the carbon cycle?
What is…photosynthesis and weathering.
The sticking together of particles of the same substance is called what?
What is…cohesion.
What is used to measure water clarity?
What is...secchi disk.
What ions come from rivers?
What is... Sodium, potassium, and magnesium?
How much CO2 enters the ocean each year?
What is… 25%?
How have humans affected the carbon cycle?
What is…by the burning of fossil fuels and cutting down trees
What makes water so unusual?
What is…it is less dense as a solid than a liquid.
How much faster does the higher density of water cause sound to travel?
What is…4.5 times faster.
Sodium and chloride account for about what percentage of ions in seawater?
What is… 85%?
What are carbonate ions needed by organisms for?
What is… to help them build and maintain shells?
What do oceans do for the carbon cycle?
What is…they absorb and store carbon dioxide from the air.