Salt & Salinity
This is a common name for the white, crunchy mineral that makes ocean water taste salty.
What is Salt?
If an object stays on top of the water we say it does this
What is float?
This yellow squeaky rubber toys famous for floating in bathtubs
What is a rubber duck?
This term describes how much salt is dissolved in a specific amount of water.
What is Salinity?
it's an object drops all the way to the bottom of the water we say it does this
What is sink?
Giant cruise ships are made of heavy metal but they float because they are filled with large pockets of this lightweight gas
What is air?
This type of body of water has very little to no salt in it.
What is freshwater?
This is the upward pushing force of a fluid that helps objects float
What is Buoyancy?
This bright orange vest is worn by swimmers to help them stay buoyant and deep water
What is a life jacket?
Does famous extremely Salty Sea is so dense that humans can float in it without even trying.
What is the dead sea?
An object will sink if it weighs more than the water it pushes away this measurement of how tightly packed an object mass is called
What is density?
If you drop a fresh egg into a glass of plain tap water it will do this
What is sink?
When heat from the Sun turns liquid water into vapor it leaves the salt behind this process is called?
What is evaporation?
Adding salt to water makes the water more dense does this make it easier or harder for an object to float
What is easier?
Fish use a special internal organ filled with gas to control their buoyancy. It is called a swim
What is a swim bladder?