Across
- 4. a measure of the concentration of dissolved salts in seawater
- 7. A material that can be dissolved
- 8. Basic Unit of Matter
- 13. Multiple atoms bonded together
- 14. 7
- 16. Orbit on the outermost ring of an atom
- 17. Orbits the nucleus
- 18. As temperature and salinity increase, this decreases
- 20. Producers in the marine environment
- 25. the ability of a solute to dissolve within a solvent
- 26. Creates ions
- 28. Shows electrons, neutrons and protons
- 31. the flow of water from land caused by precipitation
- 32. Between water molecules
- 33. The sudden change in temperature in the ocean
- 34. A mixture of a solvent and solute
- 35. will cause salinity levels to rise due to the removal of fresh water from the solution
Down
- 1. when a body of water has a salinity level greater than 40 ppt
- 2. 7<14
- 3. The sudden change in density in the ocean
- 5. 0<7
- 6. When ice prevents heat loss from the water below it
- 7. a material capable of dissolving other substances
- 9. Zone with the least amount of Oxygen
- 10. Shares electrons
- 11. Mass divided by volume
- 12. Term for an area with more DO than expected
- 15. Has a charge inside the nucleus
- 19. lowers the salinity of a body of water by diluting the salt in the seawater with incoming fresh water
- 21. Shows only valence electrons
- 22. vertical expanse of water stretching from the seafloor to the surface
- 23. Another name for the surface layer
- 24. mixing/moving of water
- 27. The process of a solute dispersing into a solvent
- 29. The sudden change in salinity in the ocean
- 30. An important abiotic factor in the marine environment