what is the difference of water and salt water?
239609
Salt water is water that contains a certain amount of salts. ... Salt water can be found everywhere on the surface of the earth, in the oceans, in rivers and in saltwater ponds. About 71% of the earth is covered with salt water. Freshwater is water with a dissolved salt concentration of less than 1%.
853944
The main difference between saltwater and freshwater drowning involves osmosis occurring between the surface of the lung and the blood stream. ... This not only prevents oxygen from entering the bloodstream, but also causes the victim to essentially drown in their own fluids.
1338720
Salt molecules are made of sodium ions and chlorine ions. When you put salt in water, the water molecules pull the sodium and chlorine ions apart so they are floating freely. These ions are what carry electricity through water with an electric current.
453604
A saltwater pool is an alternative to a traditional chlorine pool. Although you don't add chlorine tablets to a saltwater pool, it does still contain chlorine. ... A saltwater pool contains 10 times less salt than the ocean. There's around 3,000 ppm (parts per million) salinity in a saltwater pool.
1368426
Even though all the oceans are interconnected, surprisingly enough, Sea water salinity isn't the same everywhere around the world. ... If there is more evaporation than precipitation then sea water salinity increases since salt is not evaporated into the atmosphere.
385777
Seawater is a Solution (B) Seawater is a mixture of pure water and dissolved ionic substances. Water is a very good solvent. Solvents are liquids that dissolve other substances. Most of the water on earth, including the water in oceans, lakes, rivers, and ponds, contains many solutes.
525434
Water has 3 states, you have probably seen them. They are water, steam, and ice. ... The ice caps are fresh water because the water can freeze, or become snow and fall down, but it is not cold enough for the salt water to freeze, or to form snow. Therefore there is little to no salt content in ice caps.
1025848
Ocean salt primarily comes from rocks on land. ... Salt in the ocean comes from two sources: runoff from the land and openings in the seafloor. Rocks on land are the major source of salts dissolved in seawater. Rainwater that falls on land is slightly acidic, so it erodes rocks.
538080
Some areas of the ocean are saltier than others. ... Salt in the ocean comes from two sources: runoff from the land and openings in the seafloor. Rocks on land are the major source of salts dissolved in seawater.
1233239
Why is the sea salty? Salt in the sea, or ocean salinity, is mainly caused by rain washing mineral ions from the land into water. Carbon dioxide in the air dissolves into rainwater, making it slightly acidic. When rain falls, it weathers rocks, releasing mineral salts that separate into ions.
219609
Saltwater acts as if it were a single substance even though it contains two substances—salt and water. Saltwater is a homogeneous mixture, or a solution. ... Water is a substance; more specifically, because water is composed of hydrogen and oxygen, it is a compound.
387432
Rain replenishes freshwater in rivers and streams, so they don't taste salty. However, the water in the ocean collects all of the salt and minerals from all of the rivers that flow into it. ... In other words, the ocean today probably has a balanced salt input and output (and so the ocean is no longer getting saltier).
679969
Salt water is water that contains a certain amount of salts. About 71% of the earth is covered with salt water. ... Freshwater is water with a dissolved salt concentration of less than 1%.
1253630
A saltwater pool is an alternative to a traditional chlorine pool. Although you don't add chlorine tablets to a saltwater pool, it does still contain chlorine. It just has a smaller amount that's generated through the filter system. A saltwater pool contains 10 times less salt than the ocean.
1254248
When saltwater enters the soil, the plant tries to absorb it throughout its roots like normal water. However, saltwater does not allow for osmosis through the plant tissues. It is so dense that the salt solution actually draws water out of the plant, dehydrating and eventually killing it.
818428
Lakes usually contain freshwater, whereas oceans contain saltwater. Lake water has lesser buoyancy as compared to salt water of the oceans. Lakes have less diversity of life forms, while oceans have a larger diversity of life forms, in part because they are larger and can support more plants and animals.
159088
A sea is smaller than an ocean which may be partly or fully enclosed by land. A river is a naturally flowing body of water which comes from higher areas such as mountains. Seas are much bigger than rivers which are longer and narrower. Seas have salt water while rivers have fresh water.