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Do seas contain salt water or fresh water?
All seas have salt water because they have sand which has salt.
Is salt water a chemical property?
Salt water is a solution.
Where is salt water made?
Salt water is obtained by dissolving sodium chloride in water.
What does it mean to desalinate water?
Desalination (to desalinate) means to take out the salt. If you boil salt water, the water turns to gas and leaves the salt behind.
Why does salt slow evaporation?
The evaporation of water is slow when water is dissolved in salt. This is because of the salt molecules, the salt molecules is the reason for the slow evaporation.
Is it possible to recover the salt from the water?
No. Salt from water is quite poisonous.
Why is salt water bad for farmland?
because if the salt gets into the soil the plants will die from the salt water being poisonous.
Are salt water stingray poison?
No. but their sting is poisonous
Why is salt water less useful than fresh water?
If you drink only salt water you go crazy. If (most) plants are given salt water they die. The salt (NaCl) concentrates and becomes poisonous.
Are salt licks poisonous to moles?
Salt licks are made available for cattle that may be deficient in salt. Most animals do not eat salt unless they need it. Salt licks would not be poisonous to moles - unless that was the only thing they could get with water.
What problems do salt water animals have with food?
water pollution and soil erosion caused by humans can also cause the food in the salt water to be contagious or poisonous.
Are jellyfish in saline water poisonous?
All jellyfish live in salt water and most do have venom in their tentacles.
Why cant a person on a desert island could not survive by drinking the water from the ocean?
Because the water in the ocean is salt water. If you have too much salt, it can be poisonous, and with salt water it's pure salt. Also the fact that you need other foods in order to survive.
How do the properties of salt compare with the properties of sodium and chlorine?
Salt is a common condiment, while sodium burns on contact with water and chlorine gas is poisonous.
What is in salt that makes you thirsty?
Salt is a mineral; breaking it down any further gives you chloride and sodium ions, which are poisonous. Salt absorbs water, so when salt is consumed it takes water from your mouth/body which intern makes you thirty. So what is in salt that makes you thirsty is in fact THE SALT.
Is sodium poison?
The element Sodium (Na) is not poisonous, but reacts violently with moisture. Sodium Chloride (Salt) is not poisonous either, but too much makes you fat :)
Why is salt not poisonous?
salt is made out of sodium and chlorine which is poisonous. But when these two are mixed, they form a new compound with changed properties. So, there is no harm in eating table salt.
