2006-10-26 03:58:40 · 9 answers · asked by boo 1 in Science & Mathematics ➔ Weather
ocean water sure is salty -bleh!
it contains about a cup og salt per gallon! where does all this salt come from ? well, it starts off in soil of rocks ,and then it gets rinsed into streams and rivers by rainwarter . these rivers eventually carry salt into the ocean . when ocean warter evaporates under the suns heat ,the salt stays behind making the warter salty !
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2006-10-26 14:02:41 · answer #1 · answered by sassychic2810 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
If you get into folk stories and mythology you will see that almost every culture has a story explaining how the oceans became salty. The answer is really very simple. Salt in the ocean comes from rocks on land.
2006-10-27 04:46:30 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
The sea is salty because of the pounding of water against rocks breaking off minerals. Its called erosion.
2006-10-26 17:14:57 · answer #3 · answered by poker man 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Because the minerals of the rocks get washed away down the rivers that run into the ocean. the salt gets trapped because, when the water evaporates it leaves the salt behind.
2006-10-26 13:07:51 · answer #4 · answered by outrun_7 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Because there's lot of salt and not sugar.
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2006-10-26 11:06:10 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
Simple, it is to make the fish taste better.
2006-10-26 13:37:18 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
cause there's salt in it? Is this a trick question?
2006-10-26 11:05:35 · answer #7 · answered by Imani 5 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Because it has lots of salt in it. :-)
2006-10-26 11:34:59 · answer #8 · answered by mediocritis 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
................... all the filth has gone to the sea ...................... for millions of years .................... nature's way of treating it ............... with salt ..................
2006-10-26 11:02:31 · answer #9 · answered by spaceman 5 · 1⤊ 2⤋