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Approximately 71% of the water in the ocean
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When water from the ocean evaporates and turns into water vapor the amount of water decreases or increase?
The amount of water in the ocean temporary decrease.
Why does the addition of rain and river water to the ocean not decrease the ocean's overall?
there is always the same amount of water on earth, whether it is in the clouds, in bodies of water or the ocean.
What can increase the amount of minerals in a local area of ocean water?
When it rains, this helps wash minerals into the ocean from the land, which will add more minerals into an area of ocean water. Also, the formation of sea ice can also increase the amount of minerals.
How much water is in a bog?
it has the same amount as the ocean
What term do oceanographers use to describe the amount of dissolved salts in ocean water?
The total amount of dissolved salts in ocean water is referred to as "Salinity". :)
What cause surface ocean water to have a higher salt content?
The salinity of ocean water depends on its location, rate of evaporation, amount of precipitation and amount of freshwater added to the ocean.
Why are you unlikely to see an octopus in middle of the Atlantic Ocean?
The Pacific Ocean is shorting their amount of water by 2.5 cm in a year. They get more shallow by the year so the octopuses might not have any shelters for them to live in because there is a short amount of water in the Pacific ocean
Why is that ocean water freezes?
the reason salt water freezes is because of the amount of salt in the water
What characteristic determines the density of the ocean water?
The amount of salt.
What amount of salt dissolve in ocean water is called?
Salinity
What is the total amount of dissolved salt in water called?
The total amount of dissolved salts in ocean water is referred to as "Salinity". :)
Is determined by the amount of dissolved salts in water?
Ocean salinity
