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Marine Science Study Guide

Total questions: 20

Worksheet time: 15mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Type of linkage formed from the electrostatic attraction between oppositely charged ions in a chemical compound.

a)

Covalent bond

b)

Hydrogen bond

c)

Ionic Bond

d)

Salinity

2.

A chemical bond that involves the sharing of electrons to form electron pairs between atoms

a)

Ionic Bond

b)

Covalent Bond

c)

Hydrogen bond

d)

Salinity

3.

A weak bond between two molecules results from an electrostatic attraction between a proton in one molecule and an electronegative atom in the other.

a)

Covalent bonds

b)

Density

c)

Hydrogen bond

d)

Ionic bond

4.

What hydrogen ion measurement is below 7.0?

a)

Acidic

b)

Alkaline/Base

c)

Neutral

5.

What hydrogen ion measurement is above 7.0?

a)

Alkaline/Base

b)

Neutral

c)

Acidic

6.

What hydrogen ion can be measured at 7.0?

a)

Alkaline/Base

b)

Acidic

c)

Neutral

7.

A relatively sharp discontinuity in ocean salinity at a particular depth.

         

a)

Halocline

b)

Thermocline

8.

What is the area between the cooler and warmer water?

a)

Thermocline

b)

Halocline

9.

The saltiest water is the ocean is at the seabed with the exception of (a)  

10.

Thermoclines and Haloclines can be (a)  

11.

What are the physical properties of ionic compounds

a)

High melting point

b)

Low melting point

c)

Soluble in water

d)

Converts heat and electricity

e)

Conducts heat and electricity

12.

What is a Dipole?

(a)  

13.

What is Salinity?

(a)  

14.

What is Hypersaline?

(a)  

15.

Why does the water at the bottom of the ocean not freeze during freezing temperatures?

(a)  

16.

There is an area

where salinity changes significantly

with depth, what is that area called?

(a)  

17.

Area where density changes quickly is

the (a)  

18.

What is the Kinetic Particle Theory (KPT)

(a)  

19.

Changes of atmospheric pressure affect the, what?

(a)  

20.

Salinity can be impacted by physical factors

within the seawater, particularly (a)   .