Is salt water denser than fresh water?

Question

Is salt water denser than fresh water?

Answer 1

Yes

Answer 2

Yes.  This is why one floats better in an ocean than a pool, lake or pond.

Answer 3

Salt water has a higher density than fresh water

When salt iz added to water it adds more weight and makes the water slightly thicker making it MORE DENSE.

Answer 4

Yes, it has to do with a measure called specific gravity.

Answer 5

a few people already gave you this answer, but I'll explain you why it is more dense.

-say you had two glasses of water.  For this example we'll say in each glass is just pure water.  

-If you didn't know, water you see is made up of many "water molecules"

-A water molecule is made up of the elements "Hydrogen and Oxygen", however it is important to remember that there must be two hydrogens and one oxygen (ie: H2O = water)

-if you add salt to one of the glasses of water, you are adding salt molecules (made up of the elements Na [sodium] and Cl [Chlorine]).

-Since you are adding more molecules to only one glass, it is becoming more dense!

also, if you have ever been in a body of water that was fresh, you'd find it is much more difficult to float on your back than if you were in a body of water that had saltwater in it (because salt water is more dense, thus you can float on it easier).

hope that helps =]

Answer 6

Yes Salt water is definitely denser than fresh water. You will be able to float better if you were dropped in it - like ocean. I heard Black Sea has most concentrated salt amount per water making it the easiest sea to float in.

Answer 7

yes salt water is more dense than fresh water!

Answer 8

Yes.

Answer 9

yes because the water molecules are farther together... fresh water has the molecules closer to each other. if u wer to put 6 people 12 inches from each other to represent salt water... then u push the first person... they will bump slower next to each otehr. but if u wer to put them closer together, they would easu\iyl slide the energy which makes it less dense

Answer 10

I CONCUR WITH SMILES.