0
We have three ways to say this answer.
A link is provided below.
- The salt content of the earth's oceans is on the order of about 3.5%, or 35 parts per thousand (35 ppt). The volume of salt is something approaching 14,000,000 cubic kilometers. The number is so large, it is hard to comprehend. Is 1.4 x 1010 kilograms any more comprehensible? Again, those last two numbers are just a ball park upper limit. But gosh, they're big.
- There are 11,000,000 cubic miles of salt in the ocean....3.5% of the mass of the entire ocean.
- There are about 45 500 000 000 000 000 meters cube of salt in all of the ocean!!
- if you lay out all the salt in the ocean it will wrap around the earth one time and be as tall as a 40 story building!
It is assumed that this is based on a volume of ocean water 1,300,000,000 km3
or 310,000,000 cubic miles.
Add your answer:
Earn +20 pts
Do the oceans contain enough salt to cover all of the continents with a layer of fifty feet thick?
No, the oceans do not contain enough salt to cover all of the continents with a layer 50 feet thick. The average salt content in the oceans is about 3.5%, and there is not enough salt to form a layer that thick on the continents.
Does earths oceans gain or lose water considering evaporation and precipitation together how much?
An equilibrium exist on long term.
What is the science of the earths oceans and their interlinked ecosystem?
Oceanography
How much percent is the Earth's salt water?
About 97% of the Earth's water is salt water found in oceans and seas.
Which out of the moon or the sun is more attracted to the earths ocean?
The moon has a greater effect than the sun on the earths oceans.
How much earth is covered with salt water?
Approximately 70% of earths surface is covered by the oceans.
Where is most of the earths saltwater found?
About 97% of the salt water are found on Earth. These are located in the oceans.
What makes up earths oceans?
Mainly salt water, excluding things like sea life.
The oceans cover approximately how much of the earths surface?
97%
What stores much of the energy in the earths water cycle?
oceans
Where is salt rock found?
Salt is found in oceans and seas all over the world.it is commonly found in earths surface in very arid climates
How much freshwater and saltwater are in oceans?
oceans have salt water, no fresh water.
How many fish in all the earths oceans?
way to much to count
How much of earths is covered by water?
Roughly 75% of Earths Surface is covered by water. (including the Oceans, lakes and land Ice).
Does the earths hydrosphere only include Earths oceans?
no not really
How much salt is in mono lake?
at the present levels there is three times the amount of salt than in the oceans .
How much rocks are on the surface of the earth?
Apart form the Oceans the earths surface is made of rocks.
