2006-09-23 04:20:57 · 5 answers · asked by book_worm308 2 in Environment
the male whale gives off 350lb of sperm but the female can only hold 100lb so there is 250lb of whale sperm that flows into the ocean water each day and now you tell me why ocean water is salty??
10 pts!!
2006-09-23 04:29:24 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 2⤋
Salt in the ocean comes from the land. The elements that make up salts, such as chlorine and sodium, started out in rocks. Water and acids eroded the rocks, and rivers carried the elements into the sea. 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.
2006-09-23 04:36:33 · answer #2 · answered by steamroller98439 6 · 0⤊ 1⤋
When it rains on land, the water makes its way to the ocean. On it's way there, some of the minerals in the rocks dissolve. Over long periods of time, these dissolved minerals build up in the ocean, which makes it salty.
2006-09-23 04:26:03 · answer #3 · answered by cushdogjr 3 · 1⤊ 1⤋
many rivers drain in ocean..the rivers run thro different types of land which contains several types of minerals and salts...so as a result when they finally drain in ocean the ocean water turns salty....
2006-09-23 06:20:59 · answer #4 · answered by tinkle 1 · 0⤊ 1⤋
From the land.
2006-09-23 06:10:35 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋