Water Properties and Ocean

Front

What is the term used to describe the ability of a liquid to flow in narrow spaces without the assistance of external forces?

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Capillary action

Front

What property of water allows it to adhere to other substances?

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Adhesion

Front

What is the term for the amount of heat required to raise the temperature of 1 gram of a substance by 1°C?

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Specific heat capacity

Front

Movement of heat through fluids due to the movement of the fluid itself. Options: Conduction, Convection, Radiation, Evaporation.

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Convection

Front

What is the process called when a liquid turns into a gas?

Back

Evaporation

Front

What term describes the force that causes molecules on the surface of a liquid to come together and form a layer?

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Surface tension

Front

What is the name of the effect that causes moving air and water to spin and twist due to the Earth's rotation?

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Coriolis effect

Front

Measure of the amount of salt in water?

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Salinity

Front

Term for the layer in the ocean where the temperature changes rapidly with depth.

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Thermocline

Front

What process involves the change of state from solid to liquid?

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Melting