Marine Chemistry Notes Packet

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Date:_______________
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Chemistry of Ocean Water
Water on earth:
1. What is unique about water on earth?
2. Where is most of earth’s liquid water?
Unique Properties of Water:
Water can form Hydrogen Bonds
Hydrogen Bonds-
Why are hydrogen bonds important?
Heat Capasity (J/goC)
Heat Capacity of Common Substances
4000
3500
3000
2500
2000
1500
1000
500
0
Hydrogen bonds give water a
high heat capacity
Heat capacity –
Why is heat capacity Important?
Hydrogen bonds give water a high viscosity
Viscosity of Common Liquids
Viscosity –
6
Viscosity
5
4
3
2
Why is water high viscosity important?
1
0
Hydrogen bonds allow ice to float on
liquid water
Why does ice float on water?
Why is ice floating important?
Salt in Sea water?
Salt –
SalinityThe average salinity of Ocean Water is:_____________. This means in 1000Lb’s of water there
Are _________ lb of salt
Why are the oceans filled with salt water?
Charged Particle
Chloride (-1)
Sodium (+1)
Sulfate (-2)
Magnesium (+2)
Calcium (+2)
Potassium (+1)
Bicarbonate (-1)
Bromide (-1)
Borate (-1)
Strontium (+1)
Fluoride (-1)
Other
Composition of Sea Water
Calcium (+2)
1%
Potassium (+1)
1%
Magnesium (+2)
4%
Sulfate (-2)
8%
Chloride (-1)
55%
Sodium (+1)
31%
% in sea water
55.03
30.59
7.68
3.68
1.18
1.11
0.41
0.19
0.08
0.04
0.003
0.001
Rule of Constant Composition –
What is an experience in your life where the amount may change but the proportions of what makes
it remains the same?
Comparitive % Of Gases
% in atmosphere
% in surface water
% in total ocean
83
78.08
48
36
21
15
11
N2
6
O2
How do gasses get in Sea water?
What gas is in highest concentration in sea water?
0.03
CO2
0.89 1
0
Trace Gasses
Oxygen gas in sea water:
Explanation of Oxygen Graph: (what is it at the surface/deep and why)
Carbon dioxide in sea water:
Why is carbon dioxide (CO2) concentration so much more in ocean water?
What does CO2 do in sea water?
What is ocean acidification and what are its effects?
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
Nitrogen gas in sea water
What are the two ways Nitrogen becomes dissolved in sea water?
What is Eutrophication and what are its effects?
Temperature & Salinities Effects on Water
Temperature and salinity combine to create 3 main lays of the ocean. Each of these layers has a
distinct density
Surface layer –
Intermediate layer –
Preeminent (main) Thermocline –
Deep layer –
Light & water
Any light we see is __________________. Any light we don’t see is ________________________.
What is white light?
What is black?
Why does deep water appear blue?
Why do smaller common prey organisms tend to be red?
Sound & water
What speed/frequency has the ability to travel the farthest?
What two physical characteristics of water affect the speed of sound?
Where is the slowest sound through water just taking temperature into consideration?
Where is the slowest sound through water just taking pressure into consideration?
What happens to the speed of sound through water when you take both temperature and pressure
into consideration?
The SOFAR Zone -
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