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| Kinetic energy in the random movement of individual atoms and molecules in a substance. |
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| measures how fast the molecules vibrate. |
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| 2 common systems to measure temperature? |
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| which measurement is used most by scientists? |
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| amount of heat energy required to raise a given amount of a substance by a given temperature. |
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| what implications does heat capacity have on Earth's climate? |
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| heat is carried to areas that would otherwise be cooler, and heat is absorbed in places that would otherwise by hotter. |
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| what unique characteristic does water have when it turns from vapor to liquid ice? |
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| non-sensible heat lost when water goes from liquid to solid state. |
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| that which you can sense with a thermometer. |
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| a change in heat energy that can't be sensed with a thermometer |
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| latent heat of vaporization |
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| heat required to vaporize a substance. |
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| which takes more enery: evaporate or freeze? |
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| evaporate because bonds are being broken. |
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| tendency of water temperature to change. |
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water cools at about the same rate as it heats.
cooling rate=heating rate. |
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| what are the relationships between the salinity, temperature, and density of seawater? |
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temp and density are inversely proportional.
salinity and density are proportional. |
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| why are oceans stratified by density? |
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| because dense water is heavy and sinks below less dense layers. |
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| what are the three density layers of the ocean? |
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surface zone
thermocline
deep zone |
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| what are the proportions? |
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surface zone: 2%
thermocline: 18 %
deep zone: 80% |
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separates the surface zone from the deep ocean.
area of change. |
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