why is the ocean salty?

Question

why is the ocean salty?

Answer 1

Water flows into the oceans, but not out. That freshwater flowing in carries minerals in many forms, but we generally group them together as "salt." Since no liquid water flows out of the oceans, the salt doesn't leave. Water vapor, however, does, leaving behind a higher concentration of "salt," which you can more easily distinguish by its taste.

Answer 2

Usually the water that flows into the ocean bring dissolved solids, which are nothing but salt (mostly). The water from oceans and seas evaporate to give clouds and will go to different places far away from the ocean and will give rainfall. Since this evaporation in due course of time will concentrate the salts content, It is salty.

Answer 3

because of rain water when rain started thousands of years ago the rain water fell on earth and the menirals in earth goes in ocean with rain water so it made water salty.and ocean became more salty when some patrs of continent fell in it

Answer 4

Hundreds of rocks disenegrated into the ocean and left sediment in the water that eventually mixed together.

Answer 5

Salt most likely.

Answer 6

Its the teers of the world

Answer 7

because rocks have salt and it mixes in to the water.duh!

Answer 8

Full of salt.