ENV S 100 Study Guide - Final Guide: Positive Feedback, Protoplasm, Primary Production
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Midterm 1/ midterm 2, age of the ocean crust i. Evaporites: cosmogenous a. from space (dust or meteors), very small quantities, general features of the ocean floor i. submarine canyon, canyon going through the continental slope, monterey canyon. 2. landslides of sediment fall down slope causing canyon to form: called a turbidite flow ii. 3. island sinks and coral reef grows upward reef surrounds lagoon, forming atoll iii. Unusual properties: thermal properties, high heat capacity and latent heats, heat capacity = how much heat is required to raise the temperature of 1g of a substance by 1 degree. Celsius: latent heat for melting/fusion i. ii. input of 80 cal/g required for ice to melt. Necessary for all living things: exists in all states of matter on earth"s surface iii. iv. v. universal solvent higher boiling point (100 c) and freezing point (0 c), than expected based on mass.
