Water Flashcards
(27 cards)
What kind of heat does water have?
High specific
Specific heat
The amount of heat required to increase the temperature of 1 gram of a substance 1 degree Celsius
What is heat
The total kinetic energy.
Calorie
The amount of heat required to raise the temperature of one gram of water by one degree celcius
Temperature
A measure of heat intensity due to the average kinetic energy
What is specific heat of water.
1 cal/g/1c degrees
How does hydrogen break?
It must asborb heat
What does heat do to hydrogen bonds
It disrupts it
How does water act in large amount?
Acts as large sink
How much of the earth is covered by water
3/4
What are costal areas
mild
What is the marine environment?
Stable
Heat of vaporization
The quantity of a heat a liquid must absorb for 1 gram to be. Converted to gas
Does water have a high heat of vaporization?
Yes
Does it allow for evaporative cooling?
Yes
Does heat vaporization of water, moderate a climate
Yes
Is surface heat, absorbed by tropical oceans
Yes
Does it dissipate when the service water evaporates?
Yes
What do most tropical heat move toward?
The pole
How does water vapor release heat
It condenses in the rain
Are aquatic environments stable
Yes
Does it does it help with thermoregulation?
Yes
What does water dense at?
4 degrees
What does water freeze at?
0 degrees