Layers of the ocean
What are the zones in order?
What is the Epipelagic, Mesopelagic Zone, Bathypelagic Zone
What is cohesion?
What is the attraction between molecules of the same substance?
What is the chemical formula for water?
What is H2O?
What is the pH of pure water?
What is 7.0?
What is marine snow?
What are dead organisms, waste, and particles that sink in the ocean?
What zone has most plants and animals?
What is the epipelagic zone?
What is adhesion?
What is the attraction between different substances?
How many hydrogen atoms are in a water molecule?
There’s two.
What is the average salinity of ocean water?
What is 35 parts per thousand?
What does pelagic mean?
What is the open water of the ocean?
Which zone ranges from 4000m-6000m?
What is the Abyssopelagic Zone?
What is surface tension?
What is the tight surface formed when water molecules attract ea other?
What type of bonds hold water molecules together?
What are hydrogen bonds?
What is the pH of ocean water?
What is 8.1 - 8.3?
What does benthic mean?
What is another term for ocean floor?
Which zone is also known as the Trenches?
What is the Hadalpelagic Zone?
Why is water’s heat capacity important?
What keeps ocean temperatures stable and regulates Earth’s climate?
Why is water considered polar?
Oxygen attracts electrons more strongly than hydrogen.
Name three common ions in seawater.
Sodium, chloride, and magnesium.
What happens to water pressure as depth increases?
Water pressure increases
How deep is the ocean?
What is 11000m deep?
What makes water a good solvent?
What is polarity?
What happens to hydrogen bonds when water freezes?
They form a stable open structure that makes ice less dense
How do rivers add ions to seawater?
By carrying dissolved minerals from weathered rocks into the ocean.
What happens to light as you travel deeper into the ocean?
Light decreases while depth increases.