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Precipitation
Evaporation
Evapotranspiration
Industrial use
Interception
Transpiration
River
Surface
runof
Infiltration
Domestic use
Groundwater
Deep seepage
Deep storage
Figure
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the atmosphere
groundwater
lakes
oceans
polar ice caps and glaciers
Atmosphere
13
Soil moisture
67
Lake
229
River
40,000
Ocean
1.37 109 km3
Polar ice
and Glaciers
25,000 x 103
Groundwater
4,000
What is Water?
In water (H2O), the atoms
are asymmetrically bound to
one another
Hydrogen
Oxygen
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(a)
Water is a
Figure
Polar Molecule
Hydrogen
3.3b
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Oxygen
+
(b)
Hydrogen
Oxygen
Hydrogen bonding
between water
molecules
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(c)
Hydrogen
Oxygen
Hydrogen bonds
break and reform
easily
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(d)
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Hydrogen
Oxyge
n
Ice is less
dense than
liquid water
(e)
1.0004
Density (g/cm3)
ensity of Water
1.0000
as a function
0.9996
of Temperature
0.9992
Maximum density at 4C
Water
Melting
or
freezing
0.9988
0.9984
4 C = ~ 39 F
o
0.9178
0.9174
0.9170
8
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Ice
4
8
12
Temperature (C)
16
20
Latent Heat
Heat needed to change physical state of water
Figure 3.6
Liquid water:
Hydrogen bonds
break and re-form
Ice:
Hydrogen bonds
are stable
How does this protect the organisms living below the ice?
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Electromagnetic Spectrum
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20
80
100
10
10
20
20
30
30
40
40
50
60
70
Depth (m)
Depth (m)
Light (% surface)
40
60
20
Transmittance (%)
40
60
80
100
Red
Orange
Yellow
Green
50
Blue
60
70
80
400
90
100
(a)
(b)
500
600
Wavelength (nanometers)
700
Density
Changes with
Water Depth
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Seasonal
Changes in Water
Epilimnion
Temperature
Water depth
Warm, low-density,
surface waters
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Where is prime
Thermocline
real-estate
Zone of rapid
during winter
temperature change
months?
Hypolimnion
Cold, high-density,
deep waters
Why?
Summer
Fall
Winter
Water Functions as a
Solvent
Water can dissolve more substances
than any other liquid. This is crucial to
biological systems
Water's dissolving "power" is a result
of its polarity
Every water molecule has a positive
and negative side so it is attracted to
other charged atoms and molecules
(ions)
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Oxygen Stratification
Summer
Winter
Fall
overturn
4
6 8 10 12
Oxygen (ppm)
What is pH?
pH = -log[H+]
[H] highest
Acid
[H] lowest
Base
CO2 + H2O
H2CO3
HCO3- + H+
H+ + CO32-
100
2
CO3
HCO3
Free CO2
50
8
pH
10
11
12