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OpenStudy (anonymous):

Which property of water explains why seawater contains over 20 different elements?

OpenStudy (lanre):

This is because water is a universal solvent and anything can dissolve in it. Sea beds and rocks contain many elements which dissolve in the seawater. That explains why many elements are found in seawater.

OpenStudy (lanre):

The bottom line is universal solvent property of water is the property that make seawater to contain many elements couple with the fact that sea beds and rocks contain many elements, which dissolve in sea water.

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