chapter 3 Marine Bio quiz

chapter 3 marine bio quiz about water and everything if not most of what we leaned in class

published on November 03, 2016
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define universal solvent

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what is the average salinity in the ocean?. What is its highest and lowest range?

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what does the ice do when it freezes at the top of the water?

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what is a molecule composed of?

one hydrogen and one oxygen
one atom
two or more atoms
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At what temperature does liquid water become less dense?

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general caharacterisitcs are due to:

Hint: 4 choices
the nature of pure water
weathering of rocks on land
global warming
hydrothermal vents
geysers
volcanoes
streams
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what is the only substance on earth that naturally occurs in all three states?

ice
water
gas
all of the above
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what affects the density of water?

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what light is the ocean water most transparent to?

purple
green
blue
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how many atoms does an element consist of?

1
2
3
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what happens to H bonds when the temperature of water rises ?

they separate and move far apart
they break and move into a gaseous
state
they lock into a fixed 3D pattern
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what causes an increase in salinity? choose all that apply.

Hint: 2 choices
evaporation
melting
precipitation
freezing
rivers
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what decreases the salinity in water?

Hint: 3 choices
evaporation
precipitation
freezing
melting
rivers
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what is an Atom?

small groups of molecules held together
by H bonds
smallest unit of matter
frozen water
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what are the three most important gases found in the ocean?

oxygen, carbon dioxide, nitrogen
oxygen, hydrogen, nitrogen
sodium, chloride, oxygen
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what's is salinity?

organisms living in water
the total amount of salt measured in
seawater
a kind of salt found in seawater
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why does the pressure seem to compact more the deeper in the oean you go?