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The oceans contain salt water because salt is an abundant mineral on earth, it is dissolved in water and washed into oceans, and, because of the way the water cycle operates, precipitation continues to wash salt into the world's oceans. That salt that ends up in the sea stays there when the water evaporates. This has been happening for millions of years, and what we see today as salty ocean water has been a characteristic of earth's oceans for about as long as liquid water has been on earth.
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Why is ocean water more dense than regular fresh water?
Ocean water has salt and other minerals, but fresh water has no salt. Fresh water also has minerals in it, but ocean water has more.
What happened to the salt ocean water during the water cycle?
when the water evaporates, the salt from the ocean water is left behind. you can try to do this by taking some fresh water and mix it up with salt
Large bodies of salt water are called what?
Large bodies of salt water are called seas or oceans.
Is the indian ocean fresh or salt water?
Salt waters of the Atlantic
Why does the ocean water get saltier after evaporation?
If water is evaporated salt remain in the ocean.
Why do they call ocean water salt water?
because ocean water has salt in it and lots of it..
What is ocean water?
salt water from the ocean.
Is the Atlantic Ocean fresh or salt water?
Like all oceans and seas, the Atlantic Ocean is salt water.
Does ocean water have all of the properties of salt?
No, because ocean water is not salt. Ocean water does have salt dissolved in it, but there are distinct chemical and physical differences. First, ocean water is not crystalline while salt is. Second, ocean water is a solution with many different solutes while salt is a pure compound.
What are the probable sources of salt in the atmosphere?
the ocean. water from the ocean evaporates into the air, ocean water has salt in it.
Why do Hammerhead sharks live in the ocean and not in salt water?
the ocean is salt water because the rocks in the ocean when the water brushes over the rocks give off salt but if you are talking about justregular salt and water it is because the salt is different from the salt in the ocean which the hammerhead sharks can not adapt to it as well
Was the ocean fresh water?
The ocean is salt water.
What is salt water lakes called?
What a salt water lakes is called an ocean
Is the Atlantic Ocean a freshwater ocean?
Ocean Atlantique (Atlantic Ocean) is salt water, as all oceans are.
Why is ocean water more dense than regular fresh water?
Ocean water has salt and other minerals, but fresh water has no salt. Fresh water also has minerals in it, but ocean water has more.
Why when water continuously circulates Why does salt remain in the ocean?
As water evaporates from the ocean, it leaves the salt behind.
Is the Alantic Ocean fresh water or salt water?
Like all oceans, the Atlantic Ocean is a body of salt water.
