Ocean Properties

Which two solutes make up the largest percentage of dissolved material in seawater?

• Sodium, Sulfate

• Chloride, Magnesium

• Sodium, Chloride

• Sulfate, Magnesium

Major dissolved ions in seawater occur everywhere in seawater in the same proportion. This is called ___________________.

• Ocean Acidification

• Rule of Constant Proportions

• Adhesion

• Salinity

The decreasing pH of the ocean is called _________________________.

• solutes

• Ocean Acidification

• Rule of Constant Proportions

• salinity

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________ is the amount of salt dissolved in seawater.

• cohesion

• Rule of Constant Proportions

• salinity

• Ocean Acidification

___________________________ are dissolved materials in seawater.

• Cohesion

• Solvents

• Ocean Acidification

• Solutes

What happens to the pressure of water as you go deeper into the ocean?

• Increases

• Decreases

• Stays the same

• Only fluctuates with temperature.

Why does sound travel faster in water than in air?

• Water is more dense than air.

• Water is less dense than air.

• Water is usually a lower temperature than air.

• Water is usually a higher temperature than air.

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How could salinity increase or decrease?

• Removal and addition of pure water.

• Increase in a variety of dissolved gases.

• Increase the pH of seawater.

Salinity is measured in parts per ___________.

• ten

• hundred

• thousand

• hundred thousand

As the temperature of seawater decreases (decreases, increases), it’s density increases (decreases, increases).

• decreases, increases

• increases, increases

• decreases, decreases

• increases, decreases

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