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Marine Chemistry Flashcards

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Amount of acid or base in the water

A

pH

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Measure of dissolved inorganic solids

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Salinity

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Average salinity of ocean

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3.5%

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Person who claimed matter was made up of something other than Earth, Air, Fire, and Water

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Lavoisier

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Cohesion

Why are water molecules allowed to stick together?

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Stick together

Partial charges

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5
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Universal Solvent

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Ability to dissolves many substances

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Saturated

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When no more substances can dissolve the solution

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Super Saturated

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When more than what the solvent can hold is dissolved

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Colligative Properties

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Increased salinity causes low heat capacity, low freezing point, and low evaporation rate

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Three Density Zones

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Surface, Pycnocline, Deep

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Thermocline

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Rapid change in temperature

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Halocline

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Rapid change in salinity

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Acid, neutral, base. Average pH of seawater

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1>6 is acid, 7 is neutral, 8>14 base. Average pH of seawater is 8

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How are salinity and specific gravity related?

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If you increase the salinity, the specific gravity increases

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Why is it important we preserve our samples when finding the dissolved oxygen content?

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To keep oxygen in the sample

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15
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Chemical parameter telling how much oxygen is in water

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Dissolved oxygen content

16
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Indirect measure of the heat in water

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Temperature

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Measurement of the suspended particles in water

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Turbidity

18
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Water’s ability to keep from being an acid

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Buffer system

19
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Why is pH inversely proportional to dissolved carbon dioxide?

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As the pH goes up, the carbon dioxide goes down

20
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Why is it important we have a buffering system in the ocean?

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Not too acidic

21
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What is our buffering system?

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Sea shells

Marine Science (4 decks)

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