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It is a combination of both. Oceans gain water from water that runs off from land and from precipitation that falls on them. But they also lose water due to evaporation.
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Oceans can both gain and lose water. They gain water from sources like rainfall, rivers, and melting ice caps. They lose water through processes like evaporation and when water is locked into glacial ice. Overall, the balance between these inputs and outputs determines whether the oceans are gaining or losing water.
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Do earths oceans gain or lose water considering evaporation and condensation?
An equilibrium exist on long term.
Does earths oceans gain or lose water considering evaporation and precipitation together how much?
An equilibrium exist on long term.
Do earths oceans gain or lose water considering evaporation and precipitation together and how much?
Earths oceans gain water considering evaporation and precipitation together since when vapour is released to the atmosphere it condenses and later falls back as rainfall by about (1-5)%
When do most substances lose or gain energy?
Most substances lose or gain energy when their temperature changes.
In a hypo tonic solution will a cell gain or lose water or no net change?
The cell will not loose or gain water.An isotonic solution means that the amount of solutes outside the cell is similar or equal to the amount of solutes inside the cell. Water is moving by osmosis both in and out of the cell at equal rates; the net movement of water is zero.A cell will lose water in a hypertonic solution (more solute in the surrounding environment) and gain water in a hypotonic solution (more solute in the cellular environment). Whether or not a solution is hypertonic, hypotonic, or isotonic is relative to the environment in the cell.
Do earths oceans gain or lose water considering evaporation and condensation?
An equilibrium exist on long term.
Does earths oceans gain or lose water considering evaporation and precipitation together how much?
An equilibrium exist on long term.
Do earths oceans gain or lose water considering evaporation and precipation together and how much?
On long term an equilibrium exist.
What happens when oceans gain and lose heat slowly?
Nothing Happens
Would a cell placed in syrup lose or gain water?
A cell placed in syrup would lose water through the process of osmosis. This is because the syrup has a higher concentration of solutes compared to the cell, causing water to move from the cell to the syrup in an attempt to equalize the solute concentrations.
Do earths oceans gain or lose water considering evaporation and precipitation together if so how much?
if evaporation is considered part of precipitation it odes because precipitation causes evaporation
Because oceans gain and lose heat slowly they help keep temperatures what near coasts?
high
Do freshwater fish tend to gain or lose water?
Freshwater fish tend to gain water.
If you put a carrot in water will it gain or lose mass?
if anything it would be reasonable to expect it to lose mass.
Do earths oceans gain or lose water considering evaporation and precipitation together and how much?
Earths oceans gain water considering evaporation and precipitation together since when vapour is released to the atmosphere it condenses and later falls back as rainfall by about (1-5)%
How do lake gain and lose water?
rainfall and evaporation
What is water weight?
water wheight is the wheight you gain/ lose in fuids for example when you dfo a activity that makes you sweat alot you lose water wheight but you will gain that wheight back as soon as you drink something
