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Because sea water contain many salts (especially NaCl) and other impurities, dissolved or suspended.
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Why sea water and freshwater do not have same density?
Sea water and fresh water does not have the same density because sea water has salt, which makes it more dense than fresh water Sea water and fresh water does not have the same density because sea water has salt, which makes it more dense than fresh water
Did convicts have to drink fresh or sea water on the first fleet?
Fresh water - sea water kills.
Is a sea fresh or salt water?
Sea water is salt water.
How do you change fresh water to sea water?
Put it in the sea.
Where will a body sink more in fresh water or in sea water?
Fresh water...
What is denser fresh or sea water?
Salt water is denser than fresh water.
Are sea anemones salt water or fresh water animals?
Fresh water animals.
What is the equivalent depth of one atmosphere in the ocean equal to in fresh water and sea water?
33 feet in sea water, 34 feet in fresh water
Is the bering sea salt water or fresh water?
The bering sea is salt water.
Do sea fish and sea mammals drink sea water and if they do how do they eliminate Sodium?
Fresh water fish do not drink water, they absorbed it through their skin, like osmosis. Sea water fish do drink water, and excrete the salt through their gills. The salmon, which lives in both in environments, gets its water like a fresh water fish when in fresh water and like a sea water fish when in the sea.
Why does sea water freezes faster than fresh water?
sea water doesnt freeze faster than fresh water, fresh water freezes faster than sea water as it has a lower freezing point than sea water has as sea water contains salt which makes the boiling/freezing points increase therefore making the sea water freeze at a lower temperature.
Icebergs are made of sea water or fresh water or both?
Icebergs are made of fresh water.
