5.13.1: Key Terms

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    You should recognize and understand the meaning of all terms that are in boldface type in the text. All those terms are defined in the Glossary. The following are some less familiar key scientific terms that are used in this chapter and that are essential to know and be able to use in classroom discussions or exam answers.

    • acid rain
    • acoustic
    • adsorbed
    • algae
    • alkaline
    • amino
    • amino acids
    • anion
    • archaea
    • backscattered
    • bacteria
    • biogeochemical
    • biogeochemical cycle
    • buoyancy
    • calorie
    • cation
    • conduction
    • contaminant
    • continental margin
    • convection
    • covalent bond
    • crust
    • crustaceans
    • CTD
    • DDT
    • density
    • detritus
    • dissolved
    • effluents
    • electrical conductivity
    • electromagnetic radiation
    • electrostatically
    • environment
    • eroded
    • estuaries
    • estuary
    • excretion
    • exotic terranes
    • fossil fuel
    • frequency
    • gravity
    • greenhouse effect
    • groundwater
    • hard parts
    • heat capacity
    • hydration
    • hydrogen bond
    • hydrophone
    • hydrothermal vent
    • ion
    • ionic bond
    • isotope
    • joule
    • latent heat of fusion
    • latent heat of vaporization
    • latitude
    • lipids
    • lithospheric plate
    • mangrove
    • mantle
    • marginal seas
    • marine mammals
    • microbial
    • molality
    • nutrient
    • oceanic ridges
    • PCBs
    • pH
    • photic zone
    • photosynthesis
    • phototroph
    • phototrophy
    • phytoplankton
    • plankton
    • radioactivity
    • radionuclide (radioisotope)
    • refracted
    • respiration
    • residence time
    • runoff
    • salinity
    • salt marsh
    • saturation solubility
    • scattered
    • schools
    • scuba
    • sediment
    • sedimentary arc
    • sensible heat
    • solubility
    • sonar
    • sounding
    • spatial
    • species
    • steady state
    • subducted
    • subduction zone
    • surface tension
    • surface microlayer
    • suspended sediment
    • swim bladder
    • turbidity
    • van der Waals force
    • viscosity
    • water mass
    • wavelengths
    • weathered
    • zooplankton

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