Salt Water Misconceptions

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er 70% of the Earth’s surface. This means that there is a greater opportunity for salt water to be evaporated versus freshwater since it is less common. Also, freshwater is on land while salt water is in “desert” basically so it is going to be cooler on land most of the time. A common misconception is that evaporation occurs at the same rate but that is false. Even though saltwater contributes most of the evaporated water, it does not evaporate as fast as freshwater. Fresh water evaporates much faster because of what it is composed of unlike saltwater. Salt water obviously has salt and that is a component that is usually not evaporated. This problem slows down evaporation because the salt molecules are locked into the water molecules and it takes longer to separate them. This shows how much saltwater there is because fresh water evaporates very fast yet there is not enough of it to even compare to how much salt …show more content…

The reasoning for this is that water can easily absorb heat and it takes a longer time for that heat to be released from the water. Coastal regions receive a breeze during the day due to pressure but at night the ocean receives the breeze. These changes from day to night are not just because of the water, but the land too. Land also absorbs heat easily but at a much faster rate than water. However, land loses the heat extremely fast meaning the difference in temperature is much more extreme than in the water. If the Earth’s land was composed of only 25% water, then the temperature would be much higher. The temperature will increase because there will not be as much water to “hog” all the heat up. Another terrible thing that will happen is that the water cycle would get messed up badly due to lack of water for

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