COMM 1101 Midterm: Midterm Review.docx

• School: Northeastern University
• Department: Communication Studies
• Course: COMM 1101
• Professor: Dale Herbeck

Document Summary

Parameters: turbidity, conductivity, density of trash, toxicity, temperature, boat traffic bacteria levels. Chemical: contaminants, oil, metals, pcbs, dissolved oxygen, fish kills, water clarity ( 2 meters depth until can see it, nutrients, for example the garbage that they saw waste removed waste and did the new pant treatment. (talk about a portion of the case study, the sewage was moved, so it would be in the center and it would not contaminate the water in the harbor. Water exist in 3 different faces (solid, liquid, gas), its has an unusually high melting point and boiling point, it expands when heated or cooled from 4 degrees celsius, it"s a universal solvent; high dielectric constant because of polar structure and strong hydrogen bonds. Oceans have been absorbing about 1/3 of the anthropogenic co2 emitted into the atmosphere since pre industrial times. Hydrology studies the distribution, movement and properties of water and the relationship of it with the earth.