Why is the Ocean Salty?

Doug lives near which ocean?

• Atlantic Ocean

• Pacific Ocean

• Arctic Ocean

• Indian Ocean

Water from lakes and rivers are called fresh water.

• True

• False

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Why is the ocean salty?

• Scientists do not really know.

• People go out to the ocean and pour salt into the water.

• Rain has salt in it and it goes into the ocean.

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-4

Scientists think the ocean is salty because water from lakes and rivers collect salt from rocks and soil and carry it to the ocean.

• True

• False

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-4

Rain water has a lot of salt in it.

• True

• False

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-4

Some water is so salty that people can....

• drink it

• sink to the bottom

• take their food into the water to salt it

• float on it

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Putting salt in a glass of water can make an egg float.

• True

• False

Animals lick rocks to get....

• foood

• salt

• bugs

• water

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NGSS.MS-LS2-1

Salt farms are created by....

• the ocean water dries up and leaves the salt behind

• desert sand

• rain water drying up and leaving salt behind

• none of the above

Flamingos feathers turn pink because

• that is the way they are born

• they eat tiny pink creatures that like salt

• they are in the sun every day

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