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Salinity is increased by evaporation or by freezing of sea ice. It is decreased as a result of rainfall, runoff, or melting of ice.
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List three factors that affect salinity in the ocean and three factors that affect ocean temperatures. Explain how each factor affects salinity or temperatures?
Three factors are evaporation and freezing of sea water.
What two factors affect ocean salinity?
Freezing point (more salt the lower the freezing point). Density (more salt, the heavier the water).
What factors affects salinity?
There are several factors that affect salinity. Some of the main factors include evaporation and precipitation which will affect the salinity of oceans and seas.
Which pair of factors would cause salinity to increase?
evaporation and freezing of sea water
Why does freezing and evaporation increase the salinity of ocean water?
Salt is dissolved in a smaller volume of water.
What do evaporation and freezing increase in the ocean?
Salinity will be increased in the ocean when water evaporates and when it freezes.Ocean water.
Why do evaporation and rain affect surface salinity of ocean water?
Because the process of evaporation leaves behind salt and rain is an result of evaporation
What happens to water if the salinity increases?
The heat capacity and freezing point decrease, evaporation slows, and osmotic pressure increases.
Does salinity of water increased by evaporation and the formation of sea ice?
Salinity of water increase by evaporation.
What does salinity do as evaporation increases?
Salinity increases as evaporation increases.
Does evaporation raise the salinity of water?
yes, evaporation raises salinity because salt doesnt evaporate like water
How does water temperature affect water salinity?
The temperature and salinity of seawater determine its density. Water gets denser as it gets saltier and reaches a maximum density at 4 °C. Salinity does affect the boiling point and freezing point of water, but not its temperature.
