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Brackish is the word used to describe a mixture of salt and fresh water.
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What word describes a salt and water mixture?
salt water (I think I'm not 100% sure though)
When salt is removed from sea water the process is called?
desalinationSaline comes from the Latin word salinus which means salty.
How do you use the science word solutions in a sentence?
I did a scientific experiment about solutions at home.
Does adding salt to water effect how fast it freezes?
Does adding salt water effect how fast it freezes?In one word ,yes. Salt water or no salt water as long as the temperatures are the same in whatever container you put them in. There's a reason for this, the salt water has a different effect because it takes a longer time to freeze because it has something in the water like if the water had, a rock. It would cause the water to take time to firsthand would take a longer time due to the item the water has in it.
What is an alcohate?
An alcohate is another word for an alcoholate - a crystalline salt containing alcohol in place of water of crystallization.
What water balance problem to salt ocean fish face?
Lets See If This Answers Your Question... Fresh Water Fish have A Liver That Can Process All Kinds of Stuff From Fresh Water. Wether It Be Dirty Water, Clean Water, or Sometimes Even Slightily Toxic Water... But The Transition To Fresh To Salt Lies In The Very Word Itself, SALT WATER... The Liver of A Normal Fresh Water Fish Can Only Handle Bits of Amount of Salt, But The Water In The Ocean Is So Strong That The Liver of A Fresh Water Fish Just Over Loads and Shuts Down Killing The Fish... Thats Why Salt Water Fish Have Evolved Their Livers To With Stand Lethal Amounts of Salt In The Water... The Same With Salt Water Fish, They Can Not Process Fresh Water Because their Livers Are Only Made To Process Salt Not Fresh... Some Fish Actually Can Do Both Like The BULL SHARK, Salman, (not a fish) Salt Water Crocidile...
Is estuary a noun?
Yes, the word 'estuary' is a noun; a word for the part of a river where it nears the sea and the salt and fresh water mixes; a word for a thing.
What is an area where fresh water and salt water meet?
The area is in nautic terms called The brackwaters. its mostly at river mounds into the sea, where river water mixes with seawater. The word origins from the Frisian language. The mixed water itself is called brak water. I have been a seaman, and those expressions were normal use: Example: The ship now has reached the brackwaters of the Orinoco
What is the fresh water equivalent of the word marine?
The phrase "Marine" is commonly used as a salt water term; but technically refers to anything living in, on, around, or having anything to do with a body of water.
Are all of the oceans around the world salt water?
In general a body of water with the word "sea" in its name probably contains salt water, but it's not an ironclad guarantee. For example, the Sea of Galilee is fresh water.
How can you use the word gradient in a sentence?
The gradient of the hill forced the road to detour through the valley. The concentration gradient rapidly diminishes when salt water and fresh water mix.
What is the difference between plain water and salt water?
salt water is in oceans and fresh water is in only swamps, ponds, bogs, and even in frozen glaciers. freshwater ecosystems are not salty. saltwater is very salty and has different zones where organisms live
What is the Swedish word for water?
Vattern = water Sötvatten = fresh water
What one word do these 3 words have in common salt melon white?
The word is water. It creates the words salt water, watermelon and white water.
What is a word that means water that is not fresh?
unpurified
What is the solvent in an aqueous solution of salt?
The solvent is water, the solute is salt; solvent and solute form a solution.
What does salt water do to solid ice?
It should melt it fairly quickly Your question is not at all clear. The word ice can be used to describe either frozen fresh water or frozen salt water or frozen anything . Ice means turned to a solid . Now about you question. If you meant 'What does salt water do to Iced fresh water, then the first answer is not quite correct . If you mix salt with ' fresh water' ice, then the ice gets very much colder. It does not melt. To make ice cream without a refrigerator you can buy some crushed ice and mix a handful of salt with it. When you do this it becomes much colder than frozen fresh water, and if you put a tub of ice cream recipe into this batch of super cold ice, it will be cold enough to freeze the mixture to make ice cream. I used to make ice cream this way when I was a child, because we did not own a refrigerator and did not live near an ice cream shop.
