Unique nature of pure water
What is temperature measured by?
Thermometers
What shapes the life in oceans?
What is one chemical property of the ocean?
Salinity
The PH of the ocean dropping and the ocean becoming less alkaline is called what?
Ocean Acidification
Where does carbon form the backbone of all organic molecules?
Atmosphere
How many atoms bonded chemically make a molecule?
2 or more
What is relatively transparent?
Water
What accounts for about 85 percent of the ions.
Sodium and chloride.
What ions are needed by organisms to build and maintain structures?
Carbonate Ions.
What is carbon dioxide converted into organic compounds by?
Photosynthesis.
What is heat measured in?
Calories/joules
What color light penetrates the least?
Red
Which ions come from rivers?
Sodium, Potassium, and Magnesium
CO2 entering the ocean reduces what?
Carbonate
What affects the chemistry of the ocean?
Rising CO2 levels.
The total of kinetic energy of all the particles in a substance is?
Heat
What color light penetrates the deepest?
Blue
What is the average salinity of the ocean?
35 ppt.
What can greater CO2 concentrations do?
Alter the behavior of organisms.
What is the average PH of the ocean?
8.3
What is the percentage of salt and water?
99.5 percent
What is used to measure water clarity.
Secchi disk
What happens when the water is more dense?
The salinity increases.
The organisms at risk of ocean acidification are what?
Those with shells, skeletons.
What percent of CO2 is admitted into the atmosphere each year in the ocean?
30 percent