Ocean water is salt water, but I mean i know its not just simply sodium chloride and H2O mixed, so what is the different stuff in ocean water anyway and besides the H2O what is ingredients are most prevalent in the ocean water.
2007-06-20 12:42:45 · 12 answers · asked by michael k 1 in Science & Mathematics ➔ Earth Sciences & Geology
Ocean water is angels' tears. Yeah, right...
http://www.biosbcc.net/ocean/marinesci/02ocean/swcomposition.htm
seawater composition
2007-06-20 12:47:00 · answer #1 · answered by Uncle Al 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Whatever happens to fall into it.
When water evaporates, it doesn't take anything disolved into it with it. So when ocean water evaporates, it leaves behind its minerals. Clouds go up to land, and the running water carries minerals and other things from the land with it as it flows back to the ocean. Thus, the ocean is getting saltier all the time. In fact, your blood's salt content is thought to be similar to that of the ocean when animals first crawled out of the water, but the ocean is saltier now.
2007-06-20 14:54:11 · answer #2 · answered by sdsmith326 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Ocean and sea water is made up of:
- H2O
- materials from Earth's crust,
- materials released from organisms,
- dissolved oxygen and carbon dioxide
- nutrients such as nitrogen, phosphorous, potassium, silica and iron
It also contains
Chloride
Sodium
Sulfate
Magnesium
Calcium
Bicarbonate
Bromide
Borate
Strontium
Fluoride
.
For more detail see 'Sea Water Compostion'
http://www.biosbcc.net/ocean/marinesci/02ocean/swcomposition.htm
2007-06-20 13:42:58 · answer #3 · answered by Critters 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Well it used to be not salt water it was clean but then the peanut man dropped all his peanuts in the ocean!!LOL
2007-06-20 12:47:51 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Fish poop, thank good we have crustations like shrimp, crab and lobsters to eat it all up from the bottom of the ocean.
2007-06-20 12:47:15 · answer #5 · answered by financing_loans 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Angel Tears.
2007-06-20 12:45:50 · answer #6 · answered by jpizzle 2 · 2⤊ 1⤋
Ocean water has oodles of minerals and metals dissolved in it. Even lots of gold. ~
2007-06-20 12:45:45 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
Whale urine's gotta contribute a fair bit to it hasn't it.
2007-06-20 12:46:09 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
Many eggs from various animals, debris from plants, garbage.
2007-06-20 12:46:03 · answer #9 · answered by frank784 1 · 0⤊ 1⤋
carbon dioxide
2007-06-20 12:45:31 · answer #10 · answered by soccer grl 2 · 0⤊ 1⤋