1. Which impurity particles are larger, the one causing the water to be cloudy or the one causing the water to smell? Explain.
The common problems with water are colors, smells and tastes. First, there are several problems of colors. Brown, red, orange, or yellow water is usually caused by rust. The different colors can be attributed to varying chemical oxidation states of the iron (rust) and by varying concentrations of the rust in the water. Moreover, blue or green color is generally a result of copper in your water supply, or copper pipes and corrosive water. And milky white water, also commonly described as cloudy, hazy, soapy, or foamy, is almost always caused by air in thewater. On the other hand, strong chlorine smell occurs when the …show more content…
Why is the ocean water blue?
The ocean is blue because water absorbs colors in the red part of the light spectrum. Like afilter, this leaves behind colors in the blue part of the light spectrum for us to see. The ocean mayalso take on green, red, or other hues as light bounces off of floating sediments and particles inthe water.
2. Why are the ocean salty, but not the streams, rivers, and lakes?
As water flows in rivers, it picks up small amounts of mineral salts from the rocks andsoil of the river beds. This very-slightly salty water flows into the oceans and seas. The water inthe oceans only leaves by evaporating, but the salt remains dissolved in the ocean - it does notevaporate. So the remaining water gets saltier and saltier as time passes. Therefore, the ocean is salty. However, the streams, lakes and rivers stay fresh because not much salt is picked up inrivers and all the salt stays in the ocean. Therefore, they aren't salty because they have a lowconcentration of …show more content…
What do you think? Support your view with some scientific facts Thermohaline circulation is a very slow and extremely deep movement of water in theoceans around the world.Global warming is an increase in the average temperature of Earth's surface. Since thelate 1800's, the global average temperature has increased about 0.7 to 1.4 degrees F (0.4 to 0.8degrees C). Many experts estimate that the average temperature will rise an additional 2.5 to 10.4degrees F (1.4 to 5.8 degrees C) by 2100. That rate of increase would be much larger than mostpast rates of increase. The global warming causes many negative problems to the earth, weatherand human life such as harm plants and animals that live in the sea. It could also force animalsand plants on land to move to new habitats. Weather patterns could change, causing flooding,drought, and an increase in damaging storms. Global warming could melt enough polar ice toraise the sea level. In certain parts of the world, human disease could spread, and crop yieldscould decline. And one popular theory is that global warming will usher in the Great
The common problems with water are colors, smells and tastes. First, there are several problems of colors. Brown, red, orange, or yellow water is usually caused by rust. The different colors can be attributed to varying chemical oxidation states of the iron (rust) and by varying concentrations of the rust in the water. Moreover, blue or green color is generally a result of copper in your water supply, or copper pipes and corrosive water. And milky white water, also commonly described as cloudy, hazy, soapy, or foamy, is almost always caused by air in thewater. On the other hand, strong chlorine smell occurs when the …show more content…
Why is the ocean water blue?
The ocean is blue because water absorbs colors in the red part of the light spectrum. Like afilter, this leaves behind colors in the blue part of the light spectrum for us to see. The ocean mayalso take on green, red, or other hues as light bounces off of floating sediments and particles inthe water.
2. Why are the ocean salty, but not the streams, rivers, and lakes?
As water flows in rivers, it picks up small amounts of mineral salts from the rocks andsoil of the river beds. This very-slightly salty water flows into the oceans and seas. The water inthe oceans only leaves by evaporating, but the salt remains dissolved in the ocean - it does notevaporate. So the remaining water gets saltier and saltier as time passes. Therefore, the ocean is salty. However, the streams, lakes and rivers stay fresh because not much salt is picked up inrivers and all the salt stays in the ocean. Therefore, they aren't salty because they have a lowconcentration of …show more content…
What do you think? Support your view with some scientific facts Thermohaline circulation is a very slow and extremely deep movement of water in theoceans around the world.Global warming is an increase in the average temperature of Earth's surface. Since thelate 1800's, the global average temperature has increased about 0.7 to 1.4 degrees F (0.4 to 0.8degrees C). Many experts estimate that the average temperature will rise an additional 2.5 to 10.4degrees F (1.4 to 5.8 degrees C) by 2100. That rate of increase would be much larger than mostpast rates of increase. The global warming causes many negative problems to the earth, weatherand human life such as harm plants and animals that live in the sea. It could also force animalsand plants on land to move to new habitats. Weather patterns could change, causing flooding,drought, and an increase in damaging storms. Global warming could melt enough polar ice toraise the sea level. In certain parts of the world, human disease could spread, and crop yieldscould decline. And one popular theory is that global warming will usher in the Great