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What are the two factors that can cause the volume of water in the ocean to change?
Question 16 options:
A)
Temperature and pressure
B)
Pressure and salinity level
C)
Gravity and temperature
D)
Salinity level and temperature
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D) Salinity level and temperature.
Temperature causes thermal expansion of seawater (warmer water takes up more volume). Salinity changes alter water density (freshening makes water less dense and increases volume; higher salinity makes it denser and reduces volume).
Temperature causes thermal expansion of seawater (warmer water takes up more volume). Salinity changes alter water density (freshening makes water less dense and increases volume; higher salinity makes it denser and reduces volume).
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