australia is in the continent of australia it is both a continent and a country note contrary to erroneous opinion it is not in the continent of either aus tralasia or oceania neither of these is a geographical continent but rather they are both political regionst is sometimes referred to as an island continent because it is one of only two continents in the world completely surrounded by water australia is part of the geographic region of oceania which by definition is not actually a continent
So, the colder the water, the more dense it is. Increasing salinity also increases the density of sea water. Less dense water floats on top of more dense water. Given two layers of water with the same salinity, the warmer water will float on top of the colder water.
In addition to salinity, what factor affects the density of seawater?a. depth c. temperatureb. latitude d. salt content____ 14. Most ocean water is located in which zone?a. mixed zone c. surface zoneb. transition zone d. deep zone____ 15.he highest salinity would be found in which of the following areas?a. an area with high rates of precipitationb. an area with high rates of evaporationc. an area with plenty of runoffd. all of the above____ 10. The ocean layer of rapid temperature change with depth is known as the ____.a.