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Atmosphere

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thin gaseous envelope surrounding solid earth

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Hydrosphere

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Includes oceans, freshwater bodies, glacial ice and moisture in atmosphere

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Geosphere

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thin solid earth that extends from the surface to the center of the planet

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Biosphere

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includes all life on earth

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Electrons

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negative charge atom, -1, found in outer shell of atom

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Protons

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positive charged atom, +1, found in nucleus of atoms

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Neutron

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negative charged atoms, 0, found in nucleus of atom

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Chemical Element

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a substance consisting of only one type of atom

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why do chemical bonds form?

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atoms are trying to reach the most stable state that they can

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valence electrons

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electrons involved in chemical bonding

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What needs to happen to make an atom most stable?

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eight valence electrons to have a full outer shell

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What do atoms do to obtain a stable electron configuration?

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Sharing valence electrons

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Maximum number of valence electrons in the outermost shell

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8

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How many electrons do atoms of an elements will need to gain or lose in order to become stable

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8 electrons

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Ions

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any atom with a net electrical charge

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What happens with the far left Sid of the periodic table?

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They form positive ions

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What tends to happen on the right side of the periodic table?

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They tend to form negative ions

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Why don’t noble gases from chemical bonds with other atoms?

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They have little tendency to gain or lose electrons

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Ionic Bonds

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a chemical bond in which valence electrons are transferred

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Metallic Bonds

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a chemical bond in which positively charged metal ions are held together by a fluid of electrons

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Covalent Bonds

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a chemical bond in which valence electrons are shared an overlap of outer electron shells

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Molecules

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made from two or more chemically bonded atoms

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Compounds

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a substance consisted of chemically bonded atoms of different elements

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Polar Covalent Bond

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elections are unequally shared between atoms

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Non Polar Covalent Bond
when electrons are more equally shared between atoms
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What elements have a stronger pull on electrons?
elements toward the right side have a stronger pull on electrons than left side
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What is the structure of the water molecule and what holds it together?
structure of water: two hydrogen atoms and one oxygen atom Held together by a covalent bond between h and o atoms
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Why do polar water molecules have strong attractions between one another?
Because they have a partial negative and positive charge on each end
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Dipoles
a separation of charge due to an unequal attraction of bonding electrons
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How do dipoles determine certain properties certain properties of water?
allows it to have particularly stronger intermolecular forces of attraction
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What do attractions between polar water molecules give to water?
water cohesion
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Why do non polar substances like o2 and n2 have lower solubility in water?
because they do not have dipoles which would attract water molecules
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why do non polar substances such as o2 or n2 have lower boiling points
weaker attractions between molecules
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what do ionic compounds do such as salt
ionic compounds attract water molecules and can be easily dissolved
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what is considered a universal solvent?
water
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thermal energy
energy matter has due to the vibration of atoms and molecules
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temperature
quantity that indicates how warm or cold an object is relative to some standard
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heat
the thermal energy transferred from one thing to another due to temp difference
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What is specific heat capacity?
the quantity of heat required to change the temperature of a unit mass of a substance by 1 degree c
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water has a high specific hear, elaborate
due to strength of hydrogen bonds
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heat always flow from hot to cold elaborate
2nd law of thermodynamics- physical law that heat always flows spontaneously from hotter to colder regions of matter.
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effect of thermal expansion
changes the space between particles of a substances which changes volume of substance while changing its mass
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conduction
transfer of heat resulting from collision between particles
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convection
transfer of heat by the motion of heat of fluid as it rises and sinks
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radiation
energy that comes from a source and travels through space at the speed of light
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electromagnetic waves
a wide spectrum of radiant energy which includes visible light
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What happens when materials absorbs shorter wavelength radiation?
materials will emit longer wavelength
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Evaporation
process by which liquid turns into gas
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Sublimation
process by which molecules jump directly from the solid to the gas phase
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Condensation
changing from gas to liquid
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boiling
when liquid beneath the surface changes to a gas forming bubbles that rise to the surface
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what happens to temperature during a phase change
temperature remains constant
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what happens to energy during melting and vaporization
energy is absorbed
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what happens to energy during condensation and freezing
energy is released
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melting
when a solid changes to a liquid phase
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freezing
when liquid changes to a solid phase
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heat of fusion
energy required for complete melting equals to energy released during complete freezing
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heat of vaporization
energy required for transformation of liquid to gas equals energy released from transformation of gas to liquid
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difference between heat of vaporization and heat of fusion
heat of vaporization is very high and much greater than heat of fusion
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what is the common salt in seawater
NaCi
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salinity
total amount of dissolved material in water
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how is salinity measured
parts per thousand or per mil
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how is salinity affected by: evaporation, precipitation, ice melt and river runoff
evaporation: increases salinity precipitation, ice melt and river runoff: decreases salinity
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why does seawater in the subtropics have a greater salinity than seawater at equator
more evaporation in subtropics
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how does temperature and salinity affect density of seawater
high salinity equals higher density
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different layers of oceans
surface mixed zone, sun warmed zone, zone or mixing, shallow
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pycnocline
region in which there is a rapid change in density between 300 m 100m
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how does seawater temperature vary with depth and latitude
water becomes colder with increasing depth, higher latitudes receive less sunlight
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thermocline
region in which there is a rapid change in temp between 300 m and 100m
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what is the significance of thermocline from marine life
forms a vertical barrier to many forms of marine life
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what is the primary driving force of surface currents
global wind systems that fueled by energy from the sun
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gyres
large system of circular ocean currents formed by global wind patterns and forces crated by earths rotation
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how is the direction of rotations of gyres influenced?
coriolus effect- a mass moving in a rotating system experiences a force caused by rotation of earth
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how do ocean currents affect the climate?
transferring warmer water from equator to higher latitudes as well as deliver cool water to regions
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costal upwelling
if surface waters are forced away from shore by current then colder water from the deep ocean can rise to the surface
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deep ocean circulation
driven by density difference due to variations in salinity and temperature
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tides
change in level of ocean surface caused by gravitational pull of the moon and sun, most from moon on earths oceans
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spring tides
moon and sun in alignment with earth, equals greater high tides and greater low tides
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neap tides
moon and sun pulling at right angles to one another equals less variation in tides
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ocean waves
transfer of energy across ocean surface due to friction with win moving over the surface
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plankton
floaters at top of ocean, limited to no location
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nekton
all animals capable of moving independently of the oceans currents
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Bethos
bottom dwellers
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what makes up most of the earths biomass
plankton
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what makes up the fundamental food sources in the ocean
phytoplankton
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three classification schemes for dividing the ocean into life zones
pelagic zone- open ocean of any depth benthic zone- includes any sea bottom surface abyssal zone- subdivison on benthic zone

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