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The following map was created using modern technology to determine the overall temperature change of the oceans. What can be concluded about the relationship between temperature and salinity from the map? (10 points)
Group of answer choices
Areas of water with higher precipitation have a greater salinity.
Decreasing temperatures evaporate water slowly, causing an increase in salinity.
Increasing temperatures evaporate water faster, causing an increase in salinity.
The areas of water without temperature changes will have a greater salinity.
Increasing temperatures evaporate water faster, causing an increase in salinity.
Explanation:
When the water molecules of the ocean become heated, they expand. ... Since warmer water thus can hold more salt and other molecules than cold water; it can have a higher salinity.
The correct option is C, increasing temperatures cause faster evaporation of water which results in an increase in salinity.
What does the map represent?
Due to the link between ocean temperature and salinity, this map of ocean temperature can easily be compared to a map of ocean salinity.
Salinity rises as water temperature rises, and vice versa: the lower the water's temperature, the higher the salinity.
The Timor Sea, Arafura Sea, and the northern portion of the Coral Sea can all be seen on this map as having higher temperatures than most of the nearby waters.
These regions' shallow water and proximity to the equator, as well as the influence of warm ocean currents, are the main causes of these higher temperatures.
In turn, that would imply that they experience greater water evaporation, which adds to greater salt concentration, resulting in more salinity in the water than in other locations.
Hence we can conclude that as the temperature rises, the process of evaporation takes place more rapidly which decrease the concentration of salt in water, which leads to higher salinity.
