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acc299

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Which water mass is characterized by increasing density with deeper depths?
  a. Surface zone
  b. Deep zone
  c. Pycnocline zone
  d. Mixed layer



Question 2

What is thermal inertia?
  a. The increase of heat energy
  b. The propensity for a substance to resist temperature changes
  c. The properties that moderate changes in temperature
  d. The amount of heat energy needed to raise the temperature of one gram of a substance by
  1 Celsius



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janeli

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Reply #1 on: Aug 22, 2018
Answer to Question 1

ANS: C
The pycnocline zone has a direct relationship between density and depth. This means as the depth
increases in the water column, the density also increases. This is mainly the effect of rapidly
decreasing water temperatures. Information can be found in the section The Ocean Is Stratified by
Density.



Answer to Question 2

ANS: B
Water has high thermal inertia. It resists large changes in temperature despite the addition or removal
of large amounts of heat energy. Information can be found in the section Surface Water Moderates
Global Temperature.



acc299

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Reply 2 on: Aug 22, 2018
Excellent

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Thanks for the timely response, appreciate it

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