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When the increase in the salinity of seawater result in an increase or decrease in density?
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∙ 6y ago
If you compare the density of sea water, and then compared the extremely salty Dead Sea, you will find that the more salt in the water, the higher is the density. Which is why you can float on the Dead Sea while reading a newspaper (which I once saw demonstrated in a documentary). Also, a ship will float lower on a fresh water lake, and float higher on salt water.
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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.
Does cold air increase or decrease water density?
decrease
Is a halocline an abrupt rapid change in salinity?
Yes, as changes in salinty affects the density of sea water, another of putting it would be that a Halocline is simply a region below the surface of a body of water where there is a significant increase or decrease in density.
Do evaporation of salt water cause density to increase or decrease?
The density of water increase after evaporation.
Do evaporation of salt water cause density increase or decrease?
During evaporation the density increase.
What causes the density of seawater to increase?
The density of seawater increases if salinity increases.
What can an increase in the density of the ocean water?
salt a decrease in temperature and an increasue in salinity
What can causes an increase in the density of the ocean water?
salt a decrease in temperature and an increasue in salinity
What can cause an increase in density of ocean water?
salt a decrease in temperature and an increasue in salinity
What can cause the increase in the density of ocean water?
salt a decrease in temperature and an increasue in salinity
Can cause an increase in the density of the ocean water?
salt a decrease in temperature and an increasue in salinity
What is the most important factor affecting seawater density?
Relative salinity is the most important factor in seawater density.
What is the density in seawater determined by?
Seawater's density varies by temperature and salinity. I.e., cold water is more dense than warm water, and water with a higher salinity (more dissolved salt) is less dense than water with a lower salinity.
Which of the following causes the density of seawater to increase?
Seawater denssity will increase as salinity increases. A less significant increase can result from temperature variations (colder is denser until freezing starts). Even smaller changes would occur with depth as the seawater is slightly compressible. As density is measured as mass/unit volume local gravity does not enter into the process.
An increase in ocean salinity can increase what creating a current?
An increase in ocean salinity can increase density creating a convection current.
Salinity in the ocean is highest in regions where is high and is low?
Salinity in the ocean is highest in regions where evaporation is high and precipitation is low. Density in seawater is determined by both temperature and salinity.
Does the surface energy increase or decrease with increase in planar density?
decrease
