Author Question: The rate of evaporation over the very salty Mediterranean is A) less than the rate of ... (Read 46 times)

FButt · **on:** Jul 29, 2018

The rate of evaporation over the very salty Mediterranean is

A) less than the rate of precipitation.
B) greater than the rate of precipitation.
C) equal to the rate of precipitation.
D) greater than the influx of fresh water from streams and rivers.

Question 2

Water evaporated from over the oceans produces precipitation of fresh water because

A) there are more water molecules than salt molecules in the ocean.
B) the salt dissolves and forms a solution, which becomes more and more dilute until all the water is fresh.
C) the salt dissolves in the air.
D) only water vapor molecules, and not salt molecules, evaporate.