Surface seawater density - Study guides, Class notes & Summaries

What is the origin of the Earth? - Answer-Formed out of a solar nebula What are the origins of Life? - Answer-Archaea - the oldest origin of life on Earth What is kinetic energy? - Answer-The energy of motion What is heat energy? - Answer-Energy created by particles of matter rubbing together What is density? - Answer-A measurement of the amount of matter in a given volume of something. (mass per unit volume) What is convection? - Answer-Transfer of heat through currents caused by differen...

Edexcel A Level Geography - The carbon cycle and energy security Exam Questions With Solutions (carbon) Flux - ANS Transfer of carbon from one 'pool' to another (carbon) store - ANS An accumulation of carbon Biosphere - ANS The regions of the surface and atmosphere of the earth occupied by living organisms Photosynthesis - ANS The process by which carbon atoms in the atmosphere move into trees and plants, plants use sunlight to synthesize nutrients from CO2 and water Re...

Primavera Biology B Unit 5: Ecology Questions and Answers 100% Pass CHECKPOINT 22 Which describes symbiosis? Two organisms belonging to different species live closely together and have specific interactions. What is the most specific ecological level? an organism A tick feeding off the blood of a dog is an example of which type of relationship? parasitism In which of the following situations would primary succession occur? on an island just formed by a volcano Which of the following descr...

SDSU Oceanography 100 Final Exam Questions and Answers Already Passed What is the origin of the Earth? Formed out of a solar nebula What are the origins of Life? Archaea - the oldest origin of life on Earth What is kinetic energy? The energy of motion What is heat energy? Energy created by particles of matter rubbing together What is density? A measurement of the amount of matter in a given volume of something. (mass per unit volume) What is convection? Transfer of heat throu...

Oceanography Test 2 SDSU Latest Update with Verified Solutions water molecule (basic atomic structure) 1 oxygen (negative); 2 hydrogen (positive) Hydrogen bond: inter-molecular bonds (bond water molecules together) Polarity Water is a polar molecule; electromagnetic H end: partial (+) charge, attracts (-) O end: partial (-) charge, attracts (+) thus, dissolves substances (universal solvent) 3 phases of water solid (ice) liquid (water) gas (vapor) In order to make water change ph...

Explain the significance of the hydrogen bond correct answers •Similar to ionic bond but weak •Polarity causes water molecules to form weak (hydrogen) bonds between water molecules •Although the hydrogen bond between molecules is only 5% as strong as the bonds between hydrogen and oxygen (covalent bonds), it accounts for many of water's important properties •The way we see water today is almost a gel because of the hydrogen bonds Special properties of water (hydrogen bond is behin...

14: Thermocline thin layer where temperature changes more rapidly with depth than it does in the layers above or below pynocline is the cline or layer where the density gradient is greatest within a body of water source of sea salts chemical weathering of rock what factors control the salinity of seawater? precipitation and evaporation what factors control the density of seawater? temp and salinity 15: beach drift Type of erosion where sediment moves in a...

What is pack ice also known as? - answerInsulation. The sea ice layer restricts wind and wave action near coastlines, lessening coastal erosion and protecting ice shelves. Sea ice also creates an insulating cap across the ocean surface, which reduces evaporation and heat loss to the atmosphere. How does sea ice protect coastlines? - answerProtects against erosion How does sea ice protect the ocean? - answerreduces evaporation of sea water and heat loss What is the temperature difference in...

How does the area of Earth's surface covered by oceans compare with the area covered by land? - Answer-Nearly 71 percent of Earth's surface is covered by global oceans, whereas roughly 29 percent of Earth's surface is covered by land. How does the average depth of the oceans compare to the average elevation of the continents? - Answer-The average depth of the oceans is nearly four and a half times the average elevation of continents above sea level. What is salinity, and how is it...

1. Additions: precip, organic matter, nutrients 2. Transformation: organic matter to humus. Primary (unaltered rock) to secondary minerals (chemically altered, original rock not apparent) by chemical change, dissolution and reprecipitation and biological change. 3. Translocation: Eluviation, Illuviation. 4. Losses: erosion: Leaching. - Soil formation process 1. Cation exchange capacity (CEC): the ability of soil colloids to exchange cations between the surface and the soil solution. This ...