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Does water pressure increase or decrease as you go deeper into the ocean?
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Does pressure decrease or increase in the ocean?
Pressure increases as you go down.
Why does the water pressure increase the deeper you go in the ocean?
i was told that it is the weight of the water around you
What happens to temperature and pressure as you go deeper into the ocean?
Because the deeper you go the more water you have on top of you, every 10 meters you go under water, you have another atmosphere on top of you, the wieg that is pressed to you is what causes the pressure
What is the salinity when you get deeper into the ocean?
because of the pressure that's why the ocean get's deeper :)
When an ocean's depth increases does the temperature increase or decrease?
In general, the answer is the water gets colder as you go deeper. But, there are exceptions. For example, at the Galapagos Rift there are intensely hot (hundreds of degrees) springs at depths of almost two miles.
When you go deeper in the ocean what decreases?
The pressure
Salt content of ocean increase or decrease?
yes
Why is it dangerous for human dive deep into the ocean?
there is higher pressure the deeper you travel into the ocean. this pressure is detrimental to health. also breathing is an issue.
Why do bubbles rising to the surface of the ocean expand?
The deeper the bubbles are in the ocean, the greater the pressure is. As they rise to the surface, the pressure decreases, allowing the bubbles to expand.
Where is the atmospheric pressure the greatest?
Near the earth's surface.
What can an increase in the density of the ocean water?
salt a decrease in temperature and an increasue in salinity
Why it is difficult to breathe in deep ocean?
water pressure is pushing air out of lungs... the deeper u are the more pressure, the harder to breathe
