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Why does salt melt ice faster than sugar or sand?
Salt. Salt dissolves in water, and causes the freezing point to fall; this causes the ice to melt. Sugar does not have this effect, and chalk doesn't dissolve in water.
What causes salt water and fresh water to mix?
fresh water that is mixed with salt water
A celery stalk is placed in a solution it begins to wilt what is a likely component of that solution?
Most likely the solution is water and salt. The salt in the water causes the celery to pull water out of itself to try and even out the salt to water concentration. This causes the celery to wilt.
What does salt water do to make people sink?
In fact the level of salt in water causes the opposite. The higher the salt content, the less likely you are to sink. The Dead sea is my example for this.
Does splitting wood involve splitting atoms?
If you split wood with an axe, no. Atom splitting requires an extremely large amount of energy and causes an explosion.
What is the salt for in the project of splitting water?
The salt makes the water a better conductor.
Why does salt melt ice faster than sugar or sand?
Salt. Salt dissolves in water, and causes the freezing point to fall; this causes the ice to melt. Sugar does not have this effect, and chalk doesn't dissolve in water.
What causes salt water and fresh water to mix?
fresh water that is mixed with salt water
Why does elodea grow in fresh water not in salt water?
The salt will drain out its water and end up killing it. it causes plasmolezed
What property of a salt and water mixture causes the salt and water to separate?
Only the water evaporates. (At least at reasonable temperatures.)
Does your urine have salt?
i think salt causes the body to decrease urine.
A celery stalk is placed in a solution it begins to wilt what is a likely component of that solution?
Most likely the solution is water and salt. The salt in the water causes the celery to pull water out of itself to try and even out the salt to water concentration. This causes the celery to wilt.
Does evaporation of salt water causes density to increase or decrease?
It causes the density to increase because the more salt added to water, the more buoyant or dense it becomes. Salt itself does not evaporate as the water does so as the water evaporates the salt content is effectively increased, therefore making the water more saline or dense.
What causes floatation in salt water?
Dense amassments of salt. This is also commonly known as salinity.
What causes salt to melt water?
Salt lowers the freezing temperature of water/ice therefore the water/ice needs to be colder then usual to freeze.
Why does salt cause you to be thirsty?
The salt takes in all of the water in your mouth which causes it to be dry and therefore you are thirsty
Why ice cream seller put salt in ice?
salt causes the temp of ice water to decrease.
