answersLogoWhite

0

Water, as it washes over rock and through the soil, picks up minerals including salts and other minerals. The water flows downhill until it reaches the oceans.

The water only has a little bit of the dissolved mineral, but after it mixes with the ocean the water evaporates leaving the minerals behind. Slowly, over the history of the earth, minerals in the oceans have become more concentrate until they get to the concentration that they have now.

As to where the water that now fills the sea come from in the first place, there are two probable sources for the majority of the water:
  • The first is that water (as ice) was in the rubble that collected in the early solar system that eventually Accumulated to form the Earth. Studies indicate that water was present on Earth almost from its beginning son 4.4 Gyr ago.
  • The second is that the original water was supplemented by icy comets crashing into the earth soon after its formation.
User Avatar

Wiki User

11y ago

What else can I help you with?

Related Questions

How many dissolved chemical elements are in ocean water?

75 dissolved chemical elements


What is the force that attracts chemical elements to other elements?

The force that attracts chemical elements to other elements is known as the ionic bond. This will attract and hold chemical elements together.


What are the foods chemical elements found in?

Chemical elements are no food, can't eat them. Shouldn't this question be rephrased into: "What are the chemical elements found in food?" ?


Are iron and silicon chemical compounds?

no both iron and silicon are elements. chemical compounds aretwo or more elements.


How do elements relate to compounds?

Chemical compounds are formed from chemical elements.


How many different chemical elements are there?

Now are known 118 chemical elements.


Where do the symbols of elements derived?

Symbols of chemical elements are derived from the chemical name.


What are elements combined to produce?

Chemical elements are combined to produce chemical compounds.


What is the chemical make up of the ocean?

Ocean water contain important amounts of chlorides of Na, Mg, K, Ca, minor amounts of other elements and insoluble impurities of inorganic/organic origin.


Elements in a column are called . These elements have similar chemical and physical properties.?

These elements have similar chemical and physical properties.


When table salt forms from its elements is it chemical or physical change?

It is chemical. It is chemical because when salt is formed from elements it becomes a chemical and not a physical.


What chemical protein is found in all elements?

Chemical elements doesn't contain proteins.