Ocean Water Chemistry Flashcard

Front

As the depth of the ocean water ______________, the temperature _________________

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increases, decreases

Front

What is the measure of the amount of salt in ocean water?

Back

Salinity

Front

What effects salinity?

Back

Both evaporation rates and runoff

Front

Type of ocean water that dissolves gases most easily

Back

cold

Front

The higher the salt content in the ocean, the ________ dense the water will be.

Back

more

Front

What is the relationship between dissolved gases and water temperature?

Back

As temperature decreases, ocean water can hold more dissolved gases.

Front

Where would the highest salinity be found?

Back

an area with high rates of evaporation

Front

Why do polar waters have a very high salinity?

Back

Saltwater is a mixture, not a compound, so when water freezes, the salt is left behind.

Front

bond created by the weak attraction of a slightly positive hydrogen atom to a slightly negative portion of another molecule

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hydrogen bond

Front

The ratio of the mass of a substance to the volume of the substance

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density