Nut Bubblefish
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My 9 years old asked me the question this week end, and I could not recall of a satisfactory answer. Who has one?
Why is sea water salty?
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You: "Because God has been crying."
Child: "Why has God been crying?"
You: "Probably because of something you did."
Child: "Why has God been crying?"
You: "Probably because of something you did."
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Because it contains salt. Perhaps this website will give you the answer. I jsut googled your question.
http://www.enchantedlearning.com/subjects/ocean/Salty.shtml
http://www.enchantedlearning.com/subjects/ocean/Salty.shtml
Hemlon
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Fish_Whisperer:You: "Because God has been crying."
Child: "Why has God been crying?"
You: "Probably because of something you did."
ROFL!!! That was good for a morning chuckle!
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heya guys,
just saw this one and thought i'd give the simple explenation. mineral ions such as Sodium and chloride come from rocks, from the land. they get washed into the sea. ofcourse this happens with all the other ions as well so why does NaCl build up to such high concentrations? this is to do with residence time. the residence time is the amount of time it talke for one molecule of the substace to enter and be removed from the system ie the oceans. the residence time for sodium and chloriode ions is very high (thousands of years). this is because there is little removing forces. therefor because it is always being added and rarely being removed it builts up causing the sea to be salty.
had to write this quick as got another blood oceanography lecture to run to hope it explains it a little.
confused? message me and i will try harder to explain
Griff
just saw this one and thought i'd give the simple explenation. mineral ions such as Sodium and chloride come from rocks, from the land. they get washed into the sea. ofcourse this happens with all the other ions as well so why does NaCl build up to such high concentrations? this is to do with residence time. the residence time is the amount of time it talke for one molecule of the substace to enter and be removed from the system ie the oceans. the residence time for sodium and chloriode ions is very high (thousands of years). this is because there is little removing forces. therefor because it is always being added and rarely being removed it builts up causing the sea to be salty.
had to write this quick as got another blood oceanography lecture to run to hope it explains it a little.
confused? message me and i will try harder to explain
Griff
2 possible explainations:
1. Rain falls on the earth. Waters the earth, and runnoff goes into the sea. The salt is there to purify the water before it evaporates to rise and become rain and start all over again.
2. Fish taste better with salt.
1. Rain falls on the earth. Waters the earth, and runnoff goes into the sea. The salt is there to purify the water before it evaporates to rise and become rain and start all over again.
2. Fish taste better with salt.
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