alleryStart learning →Why is sea water salty?
AIt has gathered dissolved salts for ages
BFish add salt to it each day
CSunlight turns the water to salt
DSand in the sea makes it salty
Answer & Solution
Correct answer: A. It has gathered dissolved salts for ages
Water keeps salts dissolved in it, and the sea has gathered them since very early ages.
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