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#Unit 10. Ecological Principles

Water makes life possible, due to its

1. Thermal properties

2. Density

3. Viscosity

4. Solvent for inorganic nutrients

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#Unit 10. Ecological Principles

THERMAL PROPERTIES OF WATER

Pure water becomes a solid below 0°C and becomes a gas above 100°C at sea level.

When water contains dissolved compounds, such as salts, its freezing temperature drops below 0°C.

Dissolved compounds also raise the boiling point of water above 100°C. 

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#Unit 10. Ecological Principles

Thermal stratification

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#Unit 10. Ecological Principles

Water achieves its highest density—that is, its molecules are the most packed together—at 4°C.

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#Unit 10. Ecological Principles

Organisms that are denser than their surrounding water, a variety of adaptations can either reduce an organism’s density or retard its rate of sinking.

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#Unit 10. Ecological Principles

Many fish species have a gas-filled swim bladder that can adjust in size to make the density of the fish’s body equal to that of the surrounding water.