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Guided Notes about Seawater
Chapter 15, Section 2
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1. Seawater is a solution of about 96. 5% water and 3
1. Seawater is a solution of about 96.5% water and 3.5% dissolved salts. The most abundant salt in seawater is sodium chloride (NaCl).
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2. Most elements on Earth are present in seawater in the form of ions.
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Define salinity and state how it is expressed :
Salinity is a measure of the amount of dissolved salts in seawater. It is expressed as grams of salt per kilogram of water, or parts per thousand.
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4. The sources of salts in seawater are volcanic eruptions and the weathering of crustal rock.
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5. Salts are removed from seawater through precipitation near arid, coastal regions. Marine organisms also remove ions from seawater to build their shells, bones, and teeth.
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6. Seawater is denser than freshwater because salt ions are heavier than water molecules. The density of seawater varies depending on its salinity and temperature.
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7. Variations in salinity also cause the freezing point of seawater to be lower than freshwater. Seawater freezes at -2˚C
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8. The average surface temperature of ocean water is 15 degrees Celcius, but temperatures decrease significantly with depth, so that deep ocean water is always cold, even in tropical oceans.
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3 layers of the ocean, based upon temperature variations:
Warm, sunlit surface layer, 100 m. thick A transitional layer, the thermocline, in which temperatures decrease rapidly with depth. The bottom layer is cold and dark, with near freezing temperatures
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