Unique Nature of Pure Water
There are two of this atom in a hydrogen bond
What is hydrogen?
This physical property of seawater allows sunlight to shine and penetrate the surface of the water
What is transparency?
This is the total amount of salt dissolved in water
What is salinity?
Greater CO2 concentrations cause greater mortality in this marine animal
What is larvae?
Carbon dioxide is converted into organic compounds through this process
What is photosynthesis?
This property allows bugs to walk across it
What is surface tension?
With each ten meters of increased depth another what is added
What is an atmosphere?
These two ions make seawater taste like table salt
What are sodium and chloride?
This ion is needed by organisms to build and maintain shells
What is carbonate?
The carbon that forms the backbone of all organic molecules starts in this area
What is the atmosphere?
The type of bond that creates cohesion and adhesion properties
What are hydrogen bonds?
This animal sings through the Deep Sound Channel
What is a humpback whale?
The density of water depends on these two things
What are temperature and salinity?
Oyster farmers have seen this percent of baby oysters die
What is 80 percent?
The ocean acts as this by absorbing and storing large amounts of Carbon
What is a carbon sink?
In this state of water the molecules of water are not held together by hydrogen bonds
What is vapor?
This is a natural occurring ocean “channel” that allows sound to carry great distances uninterrupted
What is the Sound Fixing and Ranging Channel?
Chlorides and this ion come from volcanoes and hydrothermal vents
What is sulfide?
About this much CO2 enters oceans each year
What is a quarter
Respiration done by this breaks down the organic compounds and makes CO2 available to producers again
What are decomposers?
Water is known as this because substances can dissolve in water
What is a universal solvent?
This color remains and you go deeper into the ocean and the other colors fade away
What is blue?
Trace elements are removed from the ocean when they are incorporated into sinking particles known as this
What is marine snow?
This acid is formed when CO2 dissolves in seawater
What is carbonic acid?
This process transports carbon from the surface ocean to the deep ocean
What is biological pump?