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What is the term that scientist use to describe the amount of salt in water?
Salinity level
What is the salinity level of the salt lake in Utah?
The salinity of the Great Salt Lake in Utah varies between 5 and 27% depending on the level of the water.
What is the salinity level of the Indian ocean?
Surface water salinity ranges from 32 to 37 parts per 1000
What is low salinity?
When something is low in salinity it means that the salt level is low. This is often a term used in reference to salt water.
What is a measure of how salty water is?
Salinity is a measure of the saltiness of water.
Can you explain how the salinity of water in polar regions varies seasonally?
During warmer months the salinity level goes down because of ice melting. Ice is mostly fresh water.
When swimming pool water is cold what happens the salinity?
The level stays the same and several units have trouble adjusting the level that is in the water and will shut down.
What is lighter warm water with low salinity or cold water with high salinity?
Cold water with high salinity
What is lightest water warm water with low salinity or cold water with high salinity?
cold water w/ high salinity
When water boils down does the salinity level go up?
Yes. It's the condensation principle.
Why do oceanographers take measurements of the of the seawater?
Conductivity can be used to calculate the salinity of the water.
How can you tell fresh water from salt water?
By the salinity or salt level in the water which can be measure by a number of devices most commonly the hydrometer or refractometer.
