Open Ocean

Question 1

What is heat capacity

Answer 1

is a measure of the heat required to raise the temperature of 1g of a substance by 1 Celsius. In this example, water has a very high heat capacity.

Question 2

How does the density of water change as it warms, cools and freezes

Answer 2

The warmer the water, the more space it takes up., When water decreases in volume, it becomes more dense., increase the space between molecules, causing a decrease in overall density.

Question 3

What happens to the speed of water as it warms,cools and freezes

Answer 3

movement of water molecules increases., When water is cooled, the water molecules move slower and get closer together., when the water freezes the molecules start to move slower.

Question 4

What is the difference between a thermocline, pycnocline, halocline

Answer 4

The pycnocline is when water becomes much denser with depth. The thermocline is a region where water abruptly becomes much colder with depth. The halocline is how the salt concentration in a body of water increases with depth.