Chemicals
The most common salt found in the ocean
What is sodium chloride (NaCl)?
Heat is transferred from the sun via this process
What is radiation?
The ocean absorbs a lot of this chemical from the atmosphere
What is carbon dioxide or CO2?
Sand is mostly this chemical.
What is Silicon dioxide (SiO2)?
Heat is transferred between the atmosphere and the ocean via this process
What is convection?
An acid found in the ocean due to increase of the "famous" greenhouse gas emitted from fossil fuels.
What is carbonic acid or H2CO3?
The sea salts are an example of this type of compounds
What is ionic?
What is conduction?
The ion responsible for increasing the acidity of the ocean.
What is hydrogen or hydronium ion?
The most common metals found in reef safe sunscreens.
What are zinc (Zn) and titanium (Ti)?
The reason why oceans take a longer time to warm up compared to metals for instance
What is the specific heat of water?
A measure of acidity of the ocean.
What is pH?
The reason why many oils do not mix with water.
What is polarity (or different polarity)?
The amount of heat necessary to raise one gram of water by one degree Celcius.
What is 4.184 Joule?
The ions used by some sea organisms to build shells
What are carbonate (CO32-) and calcium (Ca2+)?