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Ocean Properties
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- 1Temperature ___ with depthDecreases
- 2High Heat ____ means that water holds heat much longer than land does.Capacity
- 3Oceans cool and warm more ____ than land does.slowly
- 4High Specific Heat means what?It takes a lot of energy to heat up
- 54.184 J/g'C means what?4.184 joules of energy to raise 1 gram of water by 1 degree Celsius
- 6What are characteristics of coastal regions?- water moderates temp
- smaller temp range
- high amount of water vapor in the air
- summer are cooler
- winters are warmer - 7What are characteristics of inland regions?- lack of water to moderate temp
- smaller temp range
- low amount of water vapor in the air
- winters are colder
- summers are warmer - 8Salinity ____ with depth.increases
- 9Ocean salinity averages ____%3.5
- 10the other 96% is water. True or false?True
- 11The salinity ranges between 3.4-->3.7. true or false?true
- 12What 3 processes decrease salinity?precipitation, river outflow, ice/glacial melt
- 13What process increases salinity?evaporation
- 14Density _____ with depth.increases
- 15What 2 things determine density?Temperature and salinity
- 16low temperature and high salinity = _____ densityhighest
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- 9th grade Environmenal Science (Oceans) Flashcards on Ocean Properties , created by Caitlyn Drago on 14/12/2022.
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- Caitlyn Drago · Dec 2022
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