Is it because of the amount Whale sperm in the water? I would really like to know.
2006-10-27 15:02:24 · 8 answers · asked by Poetannyse 2 in Environment
SOURCES OF THE SALTS...
Sea water has been defined as a weak solution of almost everything. Ocean water is indeed a complex solution of mineral salts and of decayed biologic matter that results from the teeming life in the seas. Most of the ocean's salts were derived from gradual processes such the breaking up of the cooled igneous rocks of the Earth's crust by weathering and erosion, the wearing down of mountains, and the dissolving action of rains and streams which transported their mineral washings to the sea. Some of the ocean's salts have been dissolved from rocks and sediments below its floor. Other sources of salts include the solid and gaseous materials that escaped from the Earth's crust through volcanic vents or that originated in the atmosphere.
2006-10-27 15:14:31 · answer #1 · answered by playaxn1 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
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.
2006-10-27 15:17:17 · answer #2 · answered by Diana M 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
River water is not salty due to the continous flow of fresh water from high lands. This flow allows the salt to be carried away into the ocean. The ocean is like a vast dam where all the salt from rivers is deposited. Since the salt has no where to go from the ocean, it remains there. Thus, the ocean's water is salty.
2016-05-22 02:09:35 · answer #3 · answered by ? 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It's either because of all the minerals or because I peed so many times in the ocean.
2006-10-27 15:04:28 · answer #4 · answered by julygirl75038 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Millions of years of rivers washing dissolved chemicals from the land. such as salt
2006-10-27 15:06:38 · answer #5 · answered by The Cheminator 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I think it could have something to do with keeping the water clean
2006-10-27 15:04:03 · answer #6 · answered by kiki Dee 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
i try not to taste it bc i always have to pee in the ocean
2006-10-27 15:05:10 · answer #7 · answered by someone_you_wish_you_knew 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
No, its because there's salt in there.
2006-10-27 15:03:30 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋