AICE CH 7 VOCAB REVIEW

a layer of water below the mixed surface layer where a rapid change in salinity can be measured as depth increases

• Halocline

• Thermocline

• Neutral

• Salinity

A layer between two layers of water with different temperatures

• Salinity

• Halocline

• Thermocline

• Littoral Zone

Water that falls from the atmosphere to the

Earth’s surface as rain, sleet, snow, or hail.

• Solubility

• Precipitation

• pH

• Run-off

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-4

Having a pH that equals 7

• Neutral

• Salinity

• Soluble

• Evaporation

A numeric value expressing the acidity or alkalinity of a solution on a logarithmic scale.

• pH

• Evaporation

• Acidic

• Alkaline

The process of being dissolved

• Salt

• Dissolution

• Soluble

• Thermocline

A change in state from a liquid to gas below the boiling point of a substance

• Dissolve

• Halocline

• Run-off

• Evaporation

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-4

The layer within the ocean where the concentration of dissolved oxygen is at its lowest, typically found below the photic zone between 100m and 1000m deep

• Halocline

• Oxygen minimum layer

• Thermocline

• Dissolution

Concentration of oxygen dissolved in a solution.

• Oxygen Minimum layer

• pH

• Dissolved Oxygen

• Neutral

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS2-1

the flow of water from land caused by precipitation

• Precipitation

• Run-off

• Dissolution

• Ozone

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-4