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Yes it can it is a part of the water cycle. Ocean water will evaporate and leave minerals in the water and when it rains the water goes back into the ocean.

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Yes, ocean water can evaporate. When the sun heats the surface of the ocean, water molecules become energized and turn into water vapor, which then rises into the atmosphere. This process is known as evaporation.

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Where does water evaporate?

ocean


Does the salt from the ocean water evaporate?

When ocean water evaporates, the salt does not evaporate with the water. The water molecules evaporate, leaving the salt behind. This is why seawater is salty, as the salt remains in the ocean as the water evaporates.


What is the role of the ocean in the water cycle?

to evaporate


What happens to ocean water that does not evaporate?

The water that doesn't evaporate into vapor stays in the ocean as liquid water. The oceans have a lot of liquid water. Over time, ocean water is always evaporating and turning into rain and comes back to the ocean; but the salts and minerals carried into the sea from rivers never evaporate. They stay dissolved in the ocean waters and make it saltier and saltier.


Where does ocean water evaporate the fastest?

Near the surface


Does more water evaporate from land or from the ocean?

More water is evaporated from oceans.


Does salt evaporate from the ocean?

no. salt is too heavy to be evaporated with the water


Where in the ocean does the water droplet need to be located in order to evaporate?

Evaporation occur at the surface of the ocean.


Give Two examples where evaparation is used as a method of separation?

take out hydrogen and oxygen from water, water will evaporate, after rain when sun shine or normally heat from sun take water from ocean i mean ocean water evaporate and bring rain in form of water


Does more water evaporate from the land or the ocean?

it will depend on which part of the world you are talking about


Does thermal energy cause water at the ocean surface to evaporate?

Yes, it is true.


How does the water from the ocean become part of the air?

The water evaporate, becoming water vapor, leaving the salt behind.