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What is the salinity of normal sea water? *

A. about 35 parts per thousand
B. about 40-45 parts per thousand
C. about 17 degrees Celcius
D. about 1.025 grams/ml

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Option (B)

Step-by-step explanation:

Seawater, or salt water, is water from a sea or ocean. On average, seawater in the world's oceans has a salinity of about 3.5% (35 g/l, 35 ppt, 600 mM). This means that every kilogram (roughly one liter by volume) of seawater has approximately 35 grams (1.2 oz) of dissolved salts (predominantly sodium (Na+

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