what is the difference between the great salt lake and the salt in the atlantic.
2006-08-23 09:42:11 · 5 answers · asked by amy s 1 in Science & Mathematics ➔ Earth Sciences & Geology
The Great Salt Lake is extremely salty, a much higher concentration or salinity than the ocean. It is an evaporite lake, it has no outlet. Water leaves strictly through evaporation. Its what's left over from the great Lake Bonneville. Heard of the Bonneville Salt Flats, that lake all evaporated. The salinity is so high, most people can float on the lake. You can't do that naturally in the ocean.
The ocean's salinity is much lower by comparison.
2006-08-23 11:32:20 · answer #1 · answered by Tom-PG 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Probably the degree of salinity or concentration of salt in the water. The great salt lake is also considerably smaller than the Atlantic Ocean, though the salt gets into the lake in the same way.
I would try Google if I were you.
2006-08-23 16:46:16 · answer #2 · answered by Kwa Nini Hufahamu? 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
If you're asking "Is the salt the same", then yes, it's pretty much the same stuff. There might be different amounts of some compounds, but salt (NaCl) is the same regardless of where it comes from. If you're asking which has the higher concentration of salt, then the Great Salt Lake does.
2006-08-23 16:46:37 · answer #3 · answered by hcbiochem 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
ones in a lake and ones in an ocean.
2006-08-23 16:47:41 · answer #4 · answered by BeC 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Thats a great question there Amy.
2006-08-23 17:07:20 · answer #5 · answered by m e 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋