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The increase in salinity of water ________.

  1. increases the rate of evaporation
  2. decreases the rate of evaporation
  3. has no effect on the rate of evaporation
  4. increases the rate of evaporation initially but decreases later

A
increases the rate of evaporation initially but decreases later
B
increases the rate of evaporation
C
decreases the rate of evaporation
D
has no effect on the rate of evaporation
Solution
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The high rate of evaporation of ocean waterincreases the salinity of the ocean. However, these "salinity raising" factors are continually counterbalanced by processes that decrease salinitysuch as the continuous input of fresh water from rivers, precipitation of rain and snow, and melting of ice.

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