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composition of ocean
Question | Answer |
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what is salinity? | a measure of the mass of dissolved solids in a mass of water. |
how did the water on earth become salty? | rain falls onto earths surface and over rocks and minerals, the minerals contained substances that formed salts. |
two sources of water for earths oceans? | 1. water vapor expelled from volcanoes that condensed and precipitated. 2. melted ice from comets and asteroids. |
what is brackish water? | brackish water is fresh water mixed with seawater. |
what is the surface zone? | area of shallow water that receives the greatest amount of sunlight. |
two oceans that are partly covered with sea ice are? | the arctic ocean, and the southern ocean |
the largest and the deepest ocean is? | the pacific ocean |
what is seawater? | water from the sea or ocean that has an average salinity of 35 ppt. |