why does sea water taste of salt ?

Answer 1

becoz our salt NaCl is dissolved in it.

Answer 2

Simple but a fascinating question. Water has always dissolved salts even rain water. Oceans are estimated to have 50 quadrillion tons of salt{50*(10)^15}.From where did this salt come and why is it salty? Earth is estimated to be 5000 million years old.Comparatively oceans are younger only 500 million years old. Every year rivers carry 4 billion tons of dissolved solids in to ocean. Besides rivers salts are also contributed by dying marine life as well as fossils.Also oceans constantly cause wearing of ocean beds and dissolve solids. However some salts also precipitate and line up the ocean beds. Also sun's heat causes evaporation of sea water that leaves dissolved salts in the sea. Rain water also contributes its own dissolved solids. Thus there is an equilibrium of salt content over a period of time. Excess dissolved solids precipitate and deficiency in dissolved solids will result in dissolution of precipitated solids. Scientists have tried to analyze the chemical composition of these salts. Basically these are sodium ,potassium and magnesium based salts but exact analysis has defied a solution due highly variant distribution of concentration in different oceans.For eg polar seas have very less concentration as compared to say Pacific Ocean. In conclusion sea salts are primarily due to dissolved solids carried by rivers and fossilized marine life and are sodium.potassium based salts hence "salty"(salt basically is Na Cl) or sodium Chloride.

Answer 3

Salt is made off minerals. All water we drink including spring water does contain a certain level of minerals - but since the sea is huge, the percentage of minerals that are dissolved in it is vast ! It is this that we taste as Salt !

Answer 4

As rain water runs over the earth it dissolves salts from the land. The water collects in creeks, on to rivers dissolving all the way. This all goes to the oceans from years of run off from all the rivers.As water evaporates from the ocean it leaves the salt behind, and it gets saltier and saltier.

Answer 5

Sea water is salty with the aid of rocks and minerals present contained in the sea while, while the water that is received with the help of digging is filtered with the help of the debris of earth and this water is specially rain water which does no longer comprise salt thats why this water is sweet in style...

Answer 6

It tastes like that coz of the presence of rocks & minerals in the sea actually these rocks r made up of salts when the water flows with them it tastes like that.
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Answer 7

because salt is dissolved in the water
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Seawater
I think they'll explain it better than I can but basically salt is leached out of the ground and runs to the ocean where it gets concentrated through evaporation (Salt stays in water leaves)

Answer 8

minerals and salts are dissolved in the water

Answer 9

Because of the minerals dissolved in the water, and the abundance of animal blood and excretion that is present in the oceans.

Answer 10

Coz it has salt , and other minerals, dissolved in it.