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Temperature, Salinity, and Density

Temperature, Salinity, and Density

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Science

6th Grade

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MS-PS1-2, MS-PS3-4, MS-PS1-1

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25 Slides • 13 Questions

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Temperature, Salinity, and Density

3.d: plan and carry out an investigation to examine the chemical and physical properties (salinity, density, temperature, pressure) of ocean water

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Open Ended

Write a short definition for the following terms:

Temperature

Salinity

Density

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  • Temperature: the degree of hotness or coldness of an object

  • Salinity: the dissolved salt content of a body of water

  • Density: the amount of mass in a given space

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The diagram to the right illustrates an object that

has a lot of density.

How do you think temperature affects density?

What about salinity?

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Look at the diagram.

What does it illustrate?

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Everything is made up of Matter.

Matter can be broken down into smaller particles such as atoms and molecules.

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What is Density?

Density is the amount of matter (mass) in a given space (volume)


For example, a golf ball and a table-tennis ball have similar volumes. But a golf ball has more mass than a table-tennis ball does. So, the golf ball has a greater density.


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Multiple Choice

Which one has greater density?

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2

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Density of Liquids

  • *Like all substances, liquids have different densities

  • *It is easy to see the differences in the density of liquids because more dense liquids will sink and less dense liquids will rise. The same is true for objects in liquids.

  • *If you pour together liquids that don’t mix and have different densities, they will form liquid layers.

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Multiple Choice

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*Check out this picture. Which layer has the highest density?

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Red

2

Blue

3

Green

4

Yellow

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Multiple Choice

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*Check out this picture. Which layer has the lowest density?

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Red

2

Blue

3

Green

4

Yellow

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Multiple Choice

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*Imagine that the liquids have the following densities:

10g/cm3

3g/cm3

6g/cm3

5g/cm3

Which Density belongs with the BLUE layer?

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10g/cm3

2

3g/cm3

3

6g/cm3

4

5g/cm3

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Multiple Choice

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*Imagine that the liquids have the following densities:

10g/cm3

3g/cm3

6g/cm3

5g/cm3

Which Density belongs with the YELLOW layer?

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10g/cm3

2

3g/cm3

3

6g/cm3

4

5g/cm3

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Multiple Choice

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*Imagine that the liquids have the following densities:

10g/cm3

3g/cm3

6g/cm3

5g/cm3

Which Density belongs with the RED layer?

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10g/cm3

2

3g/cm3

3

6g/cm3

4

5g/cm3

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Multiple Choice

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*Imagine that the liquids have the following densities:

10g/cm3

3g/cm3

6g/cm3

5g/cm3

Which Density belongs with the GREEN layer?

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10g/cm3

2

3g/cm3

3

6g/cm3

4

5g/cm3

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Multiple Choice

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Which liquid has the highest density?

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Golden Syrup

2

Water

3

Oil

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Multiple Choice

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Which liquid has the lowest density?

1

Golden Syrup

2

Water

3

Oil

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Multiple Choice

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Which liquid has the middle density?

1

Golden Syrup

2

Water

3

Oil

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What is temperature?

  • Temperature is

    the degree of hotness or coldness of an object.

  • For this lesson,

    we are going to look at temperature more closely.

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The temperature of a substance is related to the speed of the substance’s particles.

  • What happens to the particles in an object or substance when its temperature is increased?


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When an object or substance is warmer, its particles move faster and get further apart


(Tip for remembering: they are warmer and want to get cooler by moving away from one another)


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When an object or substance is cooler, its particles move slower and are closer together 

(Tip for remembering: they are cold and want to get warm by getting closer together)

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Relationship between Temperature & Density

As temperature increases, density decreases.


This is called an INDIRECT relationship.

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Relationship between Salinity & Density

What is Salinity?

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What is Salinity?

  • *Salinity is the dissolved salt content of a body of water

  • *Look at the diagram to the right showing the varying degrees of salinity in water

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Multiple Choice

Look at the three diagrams below. Which one do you think has the highest salinity?

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2
3

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Salinity

Number 3 has the highest Salinity because it has more salt particles than water particles per unit.

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Density & Salinity

  • *As Salinity [the amount of salts in the water] increases, Density increases.

  • *Salinity can increase [increasing density] from the freezing of polar ice. Why?

  • *Salinity can increase [increasing density] from evaporation. Why?

  • *Salinity can decrease [decreasing density] from the melting of polar ice. Why?

  • *Salinity can decrease [decreasing density] with the addition of freshwater.

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Look at the graph to the right.

  • What does it tell us about the Salinity and the depth of the ocean?

  • Salinity increases as ocean depth increases.

  • What happens to temperature as ocean depth increases? Why?



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Open Ended

How does the temperature and salinity of water affect density?

Temperature, Salinity, and Density

3.d: plan and carry out an investigation to examine the chemical and physical properties (salinity, density, temperature, pressure) of ocean water

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