PART V

WHY IS THE SEA SALTY?

Kelompok 5:
M Andriyansya/03021381419143
M Yandri
Ariansya/03021381419116
Achmad Fauzan/030213814191
Ricard Firnando/030213814191
Why is the Sea Salty?

There is a lot salt on the earth, and it mixes very well

with water. There is some salt in all water. Water on the
land runs into lake rivers. The water from most lakes goes
into rivers. These rivers run into seas and oceans. They
carry little clouds. It evaporates. Salt cannot evaporate. It
stays in the ocean.
The water in the oceans has more salt then river water.
Ocean water is about 3,5% (three and a half percent) salt.
Some seas have more salt than other.
 Some lakes do not have a river to carry the water and
the salt away. Some of the water leaves the likes. It
evaporates, but the salt cannot. These lakes are very salty.
There are two famous lakes like this. They are the Dead Sea
in The Middle East and the Great salt Lake in the state of
Utah in the United Sates. They are much saltier than the
Atlantic Ocean and the Pacific Ocean.
Exercise A: Answer the following questions on
the basis of the above text!

1. What does salt mix well with?

2. Is there salt in the lakes and rivers?
3. Where does river water go?
4. Where does some of the ocean water go?
5. Where does the salt in the ocean go?
6. Which has more salt, rivers or oceans?
7. Why are some lakes very salty?
8. Name two famous salty lakes?
9. What is Utah? Where is it?
10. Which is saltier, the Atlantic Ocean or the Dead
Sea?
11. Are there fish in the Dead Sea?
Exercise B:

1. What is the main idea of the text? Circle the best answer.
a. The sea is salty because water evaporates and salt doesnt.
b. The sea is salty because rivers run into oceans.
c. Water moves from the land to river to oceans to clouds and
to the land again.
Exercise C: State whether the statement is
True of False

1. Salt Mixes with water.

2. Clouds have salt in them.
3. Water on the land moves into the lakes and rivers.
4. There is salt in the rives.
5. Rivers have more salt than oceans.
6. Salt evaporate.
7. Ocean water is about 2 % salt.
8.Water leaves some lakes only in the rivers.
9. Great Salt lake is in the United States.
10. All lakes have rivers to carry the water and the salt
away
Exercise: Complete the sentences. Use the
words form the list

evaporate salt leaves percent

stays moves clouds land
oceans earth mixes famous

1. Ocean water is about three and a half salt.

2. There is a lot of on the , and it very well with
water.
3. Some of the water the lakes.
4. There are two lakes like this.
5. These rivers run into the seas and
6. Some of the ocean water into the air and it
 YO U M
A N K T E A
T H M Y
H I N G
A T C
R W
FO