Chemistry Vocabular

3. spots on the ocean floor where hot gases and minerals escape from earth's interior into the water
7. free-swimming animals that can move throughout the water column
8. the area drained by a river and its tributaries
10. Tiny algae and animals that float in water and are carried by waves and currents
12. water that fills the cracks and spaces in underground soil and rock layers
14. the area of the ocean beyond the edge of the continental shelf. Most diverse organisms live near the surface.
16. the movement of deep, cold, and nutrient-rich water to the surface
17. The tightness across the surface of water that is caused by the polar molecules pulling on one another
19. small river or stream that flows into a large river or stream; a branch of the river
20. The amount of energy required to raise the temperature of 1 gram of a substance by 1 degree celcius...amount of heat required to increase the temperature of water
21. organisms that live on the bottom of the ocean or other body of water; bottom-dwellers

1. The tendency of water molecules to stick to each other.
2. term that describes an organism that lives on land
4. the area where a freshwater stream or river merges with the ocean. Often a nursery for young.
5. the tendency of water to stick to other substances
6. The quality of water that makes it able to dissolve more substances than any other solvent can
9. A device that determines the distance of an object under water by recording echoes of sound waves
11. underground bed or layer yielding ground water for wells and springs etc
13. the amount of matter in a given space; mass per unit volume
15. an underwater vehicle built of strong materials to resist pressure at depth
18. the area of land that is drained by a water system