Stores of water - oceanic

Question 1

Amount of water it holds?

Answer 1

1,320,000,000 to 1,370,000,000 km cubed

Question 2

Average depth of oceanic water?

Answer 2

3,682m

Question 3

Percent of planet ocean’s cover?

Answer 3

72%

Question 4

Why does oceanic water contain salts?

Answer 4

contains dissolved salts which allow it to stay as liquid water below 0 degrees

Question 5

pH?

Answer 5

-fallen from about 8.25 in last 250 years - linked to increase in atmospheric carbon