Describe the oceans and explain how the water cycle affects the salinity of the ocean

Well the ocean is ... uh, salty! Alright all joking aside, the ocean is largest body of water in world, in fact it covers 3/4 of the entire world, but since it contains so much salt we can't drink it. Now the water cycle allows us to drink it, and here's how! The Sun evaporates the surface layer of the oceans, not a lot though, now since salt is a solid it can't be evaporated, this increases the salinity of the oceans. Now let's say a strong wind pushes the evaporated water (or water vapor) onto land. Next the water molecules bind together forming clouds. When the clouds get so heavy with water, they must release some of that unneeded water. They do it through rain. Then some of the rain rolls off of land and back into the oceans decreasing the salinity. This is known as run off.

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