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Q: What percent of the ocean consists of dissolved salts?
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What percent of ocean water is pure water?

The percentage of pure water in ocean water is 96.5%


The measure of the amount of salts dissolved in the ocean?

Salinity


Where did the salts on the ocean came from?

Salts are dissolved from the Earth by rivers and transported in seas and oceans.


How are salts added to ocean water?

Salts are dissolved from the earth and transported by rivers in oceans.


What are the dissolved salts in the ocean called?

The salts are: sodium, potassium, magnesium and calcium chlorides.


How salts collect in the ocean?

Salts are dissolved from the Earth and transported by rivers in seas/oceans.


Is dissolved salts in ocean water?

no it is not its just ocean water and grains of sand


What term do oceanographers use to describe the amount of dissolved salts in ocean water?

The total amount of dissolved salts in ocean water is referred to as "Salinity". :)


What is the salt concentration percent of the ocean?

Dissolved solids make up about 3.5% of the mass of ocean water the dissolved solid is commonly called sea salts.


What temperature is ocean water likely to contain more dissolved salts 30 degrees or 15 degrees?

what temperature is ocean water likely to contain more dissolved salts 30 degrees or 15 degrees


Is the pH of an ocean the measure of the amount of the salts dissolved in it?

pH is a measure of the acidity. concentration of salts would be molarity.


Is most of the dissolved salts in the ocean come from human activities?

No. Most of the dissolved salts in the ocean come from the rivers emptying into the ocean. As the rivers flow from their sources to their mouths, they erode their channels and pick up salt and sediments from weathered rock, which are deposited into the ocean at their mouths.