Ocean Freezing Point

Question 0

T/F water with higher than average salt content freeze at lower temperatures than 28 degrees Fahrenheit

Answer 0

True

Question 1

What degree Fahrenheit does ocean water with an average salt content freeze at?

Answer 1

28 degrees Fahrenheit

Question 2

How much saltier is the Dead Sea than average? What is its freezing point?

Answer 2

9 times saltier than average, freezes at -18 degrees Fahrenheit

Question 3

What happens when ocean/sea water freezes?

Answer 3

Salt isn’t included in ice so frozen water becomes fresh water

Question 4

What is the melting point of sea ice?

Answer 4

32 degrees Fahrenheit because sea water becomes fresh water

Question 5

What happens when fresh water ice continues to be created?

Answer 5

It makes the ocean water below it slightly saltier and thus harder to freeze.

Question 6

What are the two major forms of ice in the oceans?

Answer 6

Sea ice

Icebergs

Question 7

What are some characteristics of sea ice?

Answer 7

Saw ice forms from sea water, moderately thin (5 to 30 feet) and relatively brittle

Question 8

What are some of the characteristics of icebergs?

Answer 8

They form from glacial ice, which forms from compacted snow. More common near coastal waters. More massive and structurally strong than sea ice.

Question 9

What are the two types of icebergs? Which is the largest?

Answer 9

Pinnacle iceberg common in northern hemisphere

Tabular iceberg largest common in southern ocean