Layers
Physical Properties
Other Physical Properties
Structure of Water
Salinity and Density
100

The zone in the upper part of the ocean in which temperature changes rapidly with a corresponding change in depth

What is thermoocline?

100
Salt water is ____ _____ than fresh water
What is more dense?
100

Do swamps have High or Low Turbidity 

High Turbidity 

100

What is the chemical formula for water

H2O

100

What is the Formula for Density 

D= m/V

200
The thin film of naturally lit water at the top of the ocean surface.
What is photic zone?
200
Insects are able to glide across bodies of water due to water’s relatively high ___ ____.
What is surface tension?
200
water molecules bond to other water molecules
What is cohesion?
200

True or False; 

Wate is the only substance to exist on earth as a solid, liquid, and gas

true 

200

What does a refractometer measure?  

Salinity 

300
The temperature at which the ocean levels out at the bottom 

What is 2C

300
The component of the estuary that is more dense and has a higher salinity
What is ocean?
300
A measure of the heat required to raise the temperature of 1 gram (0.035 ounce) of a substance by 1°C (1.8°F) is ___ ______.
What is heat capacity?
300

Water’s electrons tend to be positive around the ____ atom and negative around the ____ atom.

What is Hydrogen; Oxygen

300

What is is the salinity of a solution that is 500 ml of Water and 25 g of Salt 

50 ppt

400
The layer where the amount of salt will increase with depth
What is halocline?
400

What happens when colored fresh water is added to clear salt water?

What is floats (stays) on top?

400

When unlike molecules stick together 

What is adhesion 

400

What phase do water molecules move the fastest

Gas

400

What is the Density of a solution that has a volume of 100 mL of water and solute mass of 45 g 

0.45 g/ml

500
Thermocline, halocline, and pycnocline all affect _____ in the ocean
What is density?
500
Seawater has a slightly ____ boiling point and a slightly ____ freezing point than freshwater
What is higher; lower
500

Why does Ice Float 

The molecules are spread out, due to hydrogen bonding 

500
The chemical characteristic that causes solid objects to stay supported on a cohesive network of H2O molecules are called_____ ______ .
What is Hydrogen bonding?
500
Estuaries cause a decrease in ______ due to ____ ______ entering by _______.
What is salinity; fresh water; rivers
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