Why is seawater salty? /

Lawrence, Ellen, 1967-

Why is seawater salty? / by Ellen Lawrence. - 24 pages : color illustrations, color map ; 21 x 26 cm. - Drip, drip, drop: Earth's water .

Includes bibliographical references (page 24) and index.

Salty seawater -- What makes the ocean salty? -- Rocks and salt -- Saltier and saltier -- Under the sea -- Saltwater lakes -- The Dead Sea -- Can we drink salt water? -- Collecting salt.

So what makes seawater taste salty? Readers will discover how tiny particles of salt from rocks on land are carried into Earth's oceans by rivers, and washed into the sea by ocean waves.

3.3 K-3 770L Lexile

9781943553228 194355322X

2015040326


Seawater--Composition--Juvenile literature.
Salt--Juvenile literature.
Salt industry and trade--Juvenile literature.
Seawater--Composition.
Salt.
Salt industry and trade.

GC121.2 / .L39 2016

551.46 LAW