Salinity Quiz Review

Marine Science
This upcoming quiz will cover the two labs we have done on salinity, the salinity calculations, the Plimsol mark activity or Dont Even Sink About It and the book readings so far for this unit. Labs Be able to describe what happens to osmotic conformers and osmoregulators when placed into isotonic, hypertonic, or hypotonic solutions. Be able to describe osmosis and osmotic pressure. In the Dealing with Salt Lab how did you know whether or not an organism was a good osmoregulator or not? Be able to describe in detail how ocean currents are driven by temperature and salinity Why, specifically, does an ice cube melt faster in fresh water than in saltwater? Between salinity and temperature, which one has the greatest effect on the density of water? What are scientists referring to when they are discussing the global conveyor belt? What it is it conveying or distributing? Be able to describe the impact global warming and the melting of the glaciers in Greenland may have on the global conveyor belt. What might this mean for most of the European countries and parts of North America if this happens?

Reading and Lecture and Activities: What processes increase and decrease ocean salinity? Be able to describe the difference between passive and active transport and where both of these are happening in a freshwater and saltwater fish with regards to osmoregulation. Be able to describe why some areas in the oceans are saltier than others. Be able to describe and read a Plimsoll mark. Be able to indicate whether or not a ship has been loaded correctly by looking at a Plimsoll mark.

Some Sample Problems

1. Describe the fresh water and saltwater fishs problems with regards to salinity and how they specifically deal with them.

Salinity Calculations:

(show your work)

1. How many grams of salt is in a 1 kg sample of 38 ppt saltwater? 2. What is the principal of constant proportions and how can you use it to measure salinity? 3. Using this principle determine the salinity of the following water samples: ( show your work) and indicate for each whether the water would be classified as (brine, marine, brackish or fresh) a. sample with a 19 ppt chloride level b. sample with a 13 ppt chloride level c. sample with a 5 ppt chloride level d. sample with a 26 ppt chloride level 7. How many grams of salt are needed to make a 1 kg solution of saltwater that has 18 ppt chlorides? 8 . How many grams of salt are in 3.75 liters of saltwater that measures 15 ppt chlorides?