79 Multiple choice questions
Term 1 of 79
jellyfish are ______ water
80%
99%
60%
30%
Term 2 of 79
hydrologic cycle
water is continuously recycles between different reservoirs of the hydrologic cycle in the
ocean, atmosphere, and on the continents
between tropic of cancer and capricorn receives greatest amount of annual solar radiation
hydrogen bonds between outermost layer of water molecules and underlying molecules
amount of heat energy required to raise temperature of 1 gram of any substance by 1°C
Term 3 of 79
solar radiation is more ______ at high latitudes
diffuse
decreases
highest
increases
,Term 4 of 79
water exists on earth as a _______
solid, liquid, and gas (each has a different number of hydrogen bonds)
only exists as a gas under all conditions
exists only as a solid at low temperatures
is a liquid that cannot change states
Definition 5 of 79
produced in areas with high evaporation rates and limited open-ocean circulation (high density)
heat capacity
Hypersaline
pycnocline
brackish
Term 6 of 79
sea ice formation _______ salinity
increases as temp decreases
increases
diffuse
decreases
, Definition 7 of 79
positive H of one molecule interacts with negative O, forms hydrogen bond
combing atp and adp
temperature
water molecule
combining water molecules
Term 8 of 79
plants are ______ water
40%
70%
55%
95%
Definition 9 of 79
high concentration in seawater
CTD stands for
ocean density creates
water density
long residence time