Overfishing is an example of human impact on biodiversity.
In simple terms, overfishing means that the sea animals hunted for food ( fishes, crustaceans, mollusks etc.) in a year are hunted in numbers greater than the number of newborn individuals of that species in that year. This means that the populations of these animals do not have the time to regrow their numbers.
This results in a dramatic decline of populations of many marine animals.
They have high melting and boiling points and are hard and brittle
Answer: Marcia made a more concentrated salt solution.
Explanation:
Marcia used 1 kg of salt, which the exercise tells us is 2.2 lb.
She dissolved it in 3L of water, so we have to find out how much that is in pints. We do that using cross multiplication.
If 1L equals 2.11 pints, then
xpints / 3L = 2.11pints / 1L, so
xpints = (3L . 2.11pints) / 1L = 6.33 pints
Now we know she dissolved 2.2lb in 6.33 pints of water. We use cross multiplication again to find out how much salt she would have in 10 pints, so we can know how concentrated it is compared to Bobby's solution, which is 10 pints.
xlb / 10pints = 2.2lb / 6.33pints
xlb = (10pints . 2.2lb) / 6.33pints = 3.47lb
So Marcia has a concentration of 3.47lb per 10 pints, whereas Bobby only has 3lb per 10 pints.
Answer and Explanation:
The explanation given in the problem is correct but not totally encompassing.
Van der waals interactions are a type of hydrophobic interaction, in which they do not interact with the polar water molecule. Covalent bonds involve the sharing of electrons between atoms of relatively similar electronegativities, and are most often too strong to disrupt by polar molecules of water. Therefore, covalent bonds and van der waals forces have an Intrinsic bond strength value that is independent of the environment.
However, either the partial negative oxygen atom or the partial positive hydrogen atoms in water molecules disrupt hydrogen or ionic bonds. Water is known to form hydrogen bonds with other polar or charged molecules, thus reducing the strength of interaction these molecules would normally have in the absence of water. Basically, these compounds with Hydrogen or Ionic bonds ionize, whether partially or fully in water, thereby leading to a decrease in bond strength in water.
QED!