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How does ocean salinity affect the density and movement of water?
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∙ 7y ago
Get your mom's permission to waste salt before trying this--
An easy experiment can show you about the effects of salinity.
Get a large glass bowl and large container of salt.
And get a wooden spoon. Have paper and pencil for notes.
Experiment 1
Start off with putting several cups of warm water in your bowl, about half full.
Briskly stir the water with the spoon, remove, and watch the "currents" you made. Time how fast or slow the water moves. Take notes,
Before the water stops moving, stir it in the opposite direction. Observe, time it, take notes.
Before the water stops moving, add "wind", either by blowing on the water or with a small fan. Observe, time the movement, make notes.
Experiment 2
Let's say you used 3 cups of water in experiment 1. With a dry measuring cup, SLOWLY add in 1 cup of salt so it doesn't clump and briskly stir with the wooden spoon, making sure the salt dissolves. Repeat each step from Experiment 1, Observe, Time, and Take Notes.
Experiment 3
Still using the 3 cups of water with 1 cup salt you already have, add 1 more cup of salt. Repeat each step, again observing, timing, and recording your observations.
Though the oceans are thousands of times bigger than your bowl, and the salt content would be higher and winds more sustained and stronger, what kinds of conclusions can you draw from your home experiment?
NOTE: Make sure to dump the water, clean out the bowl and wash the bowl, measuring cup, and spoon.
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∙ 7y ago
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∙ 12y agowhen water density increases, deep ocean currents form
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What does not affect ocean salinity?
Chitin.
What information is used to calculate the density of ocean water?
Density is calculated from the temperature and salinity of the water.
What causes the formation of the two types of ocean currents?
Temperature, density, and salinity of water
How do manganese nodules affect the salinity of ocean water?
I Don't know, did not research.
Which condition of ocean water varies with the location and seasons?
salinity
What two thing affect the density of ocean water?
Temperature & salinity.
What does not affect ocean salinity?
Chitin.
What is the density of the ocean depend on?
Mostly salinity and temperature
An increase in ocean salinity can increase what creating a current?
An increase in ocean salinity can increase density creating a convection current.
How does salinity affect ocean life?
no you dident
What is the density of the ocean water depend on?
Mostly salinity and temperature
How does the temperature affect the formation of deep currents?
Deep currents form where the density of ocean water increase so, water density depends on temperature and salinity. I hope I helped you =)
Salinity in the ocean is highest in regions where is high and is low?
Salinity in the ocean is highest in regions where evaporation is high and precipitation is low. Density in seawater is determined by both temperature and salinity.
What information is used to calculate the density of ocean water?
Density is calculated from the temperature and salinity of the water.
Salinity and can be used to find the density of ocean water?
water temperature
What are the four things that affect ocean's salinity?
Salinity is affected by temperature of the water, amount of salt per area, how cool it is, and the amount of water per area. If it's hot, the water will evaporate leaving more salt behind. The more salt you add, of course you will have a higher salinity. If it is cold, ice forms and pushes out the salt into the water below. And if you add more water, there will be more water to hold the salt, thus lowering the salinity.
What can causes a increase in the density of the ocean water?
the amount of salinity in the water and high temperatures
