Ocean Environment

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temperature and salinity play major roles in influencing the
distribution of plants and animals.
The sediments of the sea floor may be divided into lithogenous,
hydrogenous, biogenous, and cosmogenous sediments. Lithogenous sediments are
the major sediments on the ocean floor. They are derived from the chemical and
mechanical weathering of rocks. Biogenous sediments are composed primarily of
the protective outter covering of small marine animals and plants. If these
remains comprise at least thirty percent of the sediment it is called an "ooze".
"Oozes" were named for the types of organisms that formed them. Hydrogenous
sediments form as a result of the chemical reactions that occur in the seawater.
These reactions result in the formation of small particles, which are deposited
on the sea floor. Currents move these particles and cause them to collide with
the other particles. If many of these collisions occur they may form nodules.
Nodules are found on some portions of ...

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loss and gain of electrons results in the formation of ionic molecules, which
have completely positive and negative vegions. Unequal sharing of electrons, on
the other hand, characterizes the polar covalent molecules, which have only
partially positive and negative regions. The equal sharing of electrons result
in the formation of nonpolar covalent molecules, which do not develop charged
regions.
Due to the development of charges on ionic and polar molecules,
intermolecular attractive forces form between these molecules, intermolecular
attractive forces form between these molecules and enable the compounds to exist
in the solid and liquid state. Ionic compounds have ...

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