Question

why ocean water is salty? long answer please​

Answer 1

Answer:

Ocean water is salty because many of the water bodies like rivers will meet in the ocean thus large amount of dissolved salts are formed in the ocean, as a result ocean water is salty.

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Answer 2

Answer:

Salt in the ocean comes from rocks from land.

The rain that falls on the land contains some dissolved carbon dioxide from the surrounding air. This causes the rain water to be slightly acidic due to carbonic acid.

Two of the most prevalant ions in seawater are chlorine and sodium. Togethger they make up over 90 percent of all dissolved ions in the ocean.

sodium and chlorine are salty...

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