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the pH of seawater is generally between blank
7.5 and 8.5
sodium and chloride ions account for BLANK of the salt ions present in seawater
86 percent
oceanographers measure seawaters salt content or Blank in grams of salt per kilogram of seawater
Salinity
blank are sedimentary deposits of salt left behind after a portion of the sea has undergone tremendous evaporation
evapories
the most important process for the removal of elements from seawater is the blank of ions into fine sedimentary particles
adsorption
non oxygen using bacteria are called blank
anaerobic
water is termed blank when it has been stripped of dissolved oxygen
anoxic
carbon dioxide acts as a blank to control pH in the ocean
buffer
blank is defined as the quantity of silver required to remove all the halogens from .3285 kilograms
chlorinity
the major constituents of open ocean seawater do not change their ratios with respect to one another have termed blank
conservative
the sources of the salts in the worlds ocean are the blank of the earth
crust and interior
blank is the process of obtaining fresh water from salt water
desalination
when salts are added to water the salt
dissolves
ions required for plant growth are known as blank
nutrients
blank is the movement of water across a semipermeable membrane
osmosis
the blank between the amounts of major ions in open ocean water are constant
ratios
the average time that an ion remains in solution in seawater is called blank
residence time
the amount of gas that can be held in solution without causing the solution to either gain or lose gas is called the blank
saturation value
when the concentrations of a substance in water is greater than the saturation level for that substance it is said to be blank
supersaturated
blank are elements present in seawater at concentrations less than 1 ppm
trace elements