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Oxygen gets dissolved in the water by diffusion from the air, due in large part to the wave action on the surface.
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∙ 15y ago
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∙ 13y agoIn oceans, Oxygen gets dissolved in a very small proportion from the atmosphere. This process is very gradual.
Oxygen also comes from the aquatic plants present in the water bodies.
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∙ 15y agoplants that release oxygen in the polar waters
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∙ 15y agothe air and oceanic plants
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What is two elements make up most of the ocean?
Hydrogen and oxygen forming water molecules make up most of the ocean.
Where is the forest that produces most of Earth's oxygen?
The bulk of oxygen production on Earth is from phytoplankton in the oceans.
Does oxygen in the ocean come from the sun and the air?
no the oxygen from the ocean comes from two things algae and plants create oxygen through photosynthisis and water is made mostly of oxygen and a bit of hydrogen
How much oxygen does the ocean have?
45 percent of the earths oxygen is produced by our oceans
Which element is one of the most abundant elements found in the human body and earths crust and the earths atmosphere and in the ocean?
By mass Oxygen
How does dissolved oxygen enter the ocean?
Diffusion.
In what two ways does oxygen enter the ocean?
the air and oceanic plants
What produces the most oxygen you need?
the ocean produces the most oxygen we need
Is sodium the most abundant element in the ocean?
No, it is the most common dissolved ion in the ocean. The most common element by mass is oxygen as the ocean is still mostly water.
What are the 2 most abundant elements in the ocean?
oxygen and water
What is two elements make up most of the ocean?
Hydrogen and oxygen forming water molecules make up most of the ocean.
Why are oxygen and hydrogen most commonly elements in the ocean?
water is made up of 1 hydrogen and 2 oxygen i am guessing that is the reason the ocean is made up of water
How does oxygen enter the capillaries?
Oxygen enter the capillaries by diffusion due to difference in oxygen concentrations.
Why do most planets lack seas and ocean?
the lack of oxygen, and h2o in the atmosphere.
How can gases enter the ocean water?
Their are 4 ways that gases enter the ocean. Gases can enter the ocean from streams, volcanoes, organisms, and the atmosphere.
What is the most common element in the earth's crust atmosphere ocean?
The most common element in the Earth's Crust is: Iron 33% Atmosphere: Oxygen 85% Ocean: Oxygen 65% Good Luck, Textbo7
What is the source of much of the oxygen the atmosphere?
plant-like plankton in the ocean put out most of the oxygen in the atmoshere as a waste-product of photosynthesis.
