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As rocks weather and erode, sediments find their way to the seas and oceans through streams and rivers, taking minerals such as salts with them. These are dissolved in the water and do not evaporate, so that the salinity of seawater increases over time. It has been a gradual process and has taken billions of years to reach the salinity we have today.
Other sources include hydrothermal vents and salt beds at the bottom of the ocean.
The oceans usually contain 35 parts of salts for every 1000 parts of sea water. This is lower in some places where there is a lot of fresh water coming into the ocean. It is higher where the Sun is very strong and evaporates more of the water. When all the water is gone, the salts are left behind as solid, white crystals.
What else can I help you with?
How does sun effect the salt in the ocean?
The Sun does not effect the salt in the ocean.
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.
Is the Atlantic Ocean a freshwater ocean?
Ocean Atlantique (Atlantic Ocean) is salt water, as all oceans are.
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
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.
Why do they call ocean water salt water?
because ocean water has salt in it and lots of it..
Is the Antarctic ocean salt or freshwater?
Salt
What is ocean water?
salt water from the ocean.
Is the Pacific Ocean have salt in it?
Yes, all the Oceans including the Pacific Ocean are salt water.
Which salt is most plentiful in the ocean?
The most plentiful salt in the ocean is sodium chloride (NaCl)
Why is water vapor not as salt as the ocean?
because there is alot more salt found in the ocean rather than the amount of salt in the atmosphere
