Before land delvoped what was on earth?

Answer 1

Only God was there. Here's a passage from the Bible to explain better:
Genesis 1
The Beginning
1 In the beginning God created the heavens and the earth.
2 Now the earth was [a] formless and empty, darkness was over the surface of the deep, and the Spirit of God was hovering over the waters.

3 And God said, "Let there be light," and there was light. 4 God saw that the light was good, and He separated the light from the darkness. 5 God called the light "day," and the darkness he called "night." And there was evening, and there was morning—the first day.

6 And God said, "Let there be an expanse between the waters to separate water from water." 7 So God made the expanse and separated the water under the expanse from the water above it. And it was so. 8 God called the expanse "sky." And there was evening, and there was morning—the second day.

9 And God said, "Let the water under the sky be gathered to one place, and let dry ground appear." And it was so. 10 God called the dry ground "land," and the gathered waters he called "seas." And God saw that it was good.




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Answer 2

If you put dirt, sand and water all together in a jar, close it, and shake it up well, you can simulate a simplistic division of what it could have been like before land developed. After everything settles, there will be layers of dirt and sand below the water. That is how things developed at first. Things separated from each other and settled. The difference between the jar and the earth was volcanic eruption and movements from within - possibly from chemical reactions as some do create immense heat when mixed. Those movements and eruptions caused the hardened compacted layers to shift, bend and break, which pushed some of the bottom layers (our land masses) over the watery top layer, and whatever water was trapped on the surface of these new land masses became lakes, pools, rivers, and the smaller bodies of water. In time the salt/mineral content grew less and less in the trapped bodies of water, as the rain (caused by evaporation and condensation) did not contain the minerals that the original layer of water held. (These minerals were left in the water as they were more soluble and lighter than the rest of the sludge that became rock). Therefore we have fresh and salt water. So, before the stage where land was formed, there was a single top layer of water covering all other settled layers.

Answer 3

Good grief! Some people think the answers to any question is in that ancient recreation of a collection of writings called ooooo, "The Bible"... believe it or not, astronomy, physics, mathematics, and all manners of various measuring methods and records prove it to be totally unreliable to explain the 'real world' and the order of things in nature. The Bible was a source of comfort and answers for the people of somewhat recent ancient times, hell 98% of the population needed to have it read to them. They common people weren't too bright back then, you know-- why carry it forward into the present time, when we can determine so much more truth regarding the universe and creation today? Honestly... I hate to tell some of ya, but there is no Easter bunny that lays eggs which is somehow associated with the crucifixion and resurrection of a poor guy that tried to help his people by offering them some hope of a better life and a reason for all their suffering. There's no Santa either to bring us gifts to celebrate the supposed birthday of someone else- why bring US gifts??? Jesus wasn't even 'born' here then... it's clearly said that 'god sent his son to earth', so he already existed! He's part of the trinity spoken of in that black book... him and a holy ghost or spirit. So who gave birth to your god's 'son'? And did god do the nasty to conceive him, or use his magical powers again to explain the unexplainable?

Anyway, enough people have given the answer to the question asked... it's not a question of what was 'on earth' before land, but what was the earth before cooling into a somewhat solid mass... over millions of years-- not 6 days and a nap!

Answer 4

This isn't really based on anything, but my guess is that we can look at other planets in our solar system to know what Earth used to be like in it's early stages. Mars is just a little older than Earth is and so it may very well represent our future. Venus is just a little younger so it could be a future Earth sometime. Now take Jupiter, which is much younger than most planets, if not all, in our solar system. Jupiter is just a big fat ball of gases with a bunch of storms and one massive one somewhere (which is the spot that always appears on pictures of Jupiter, quite photogenic, huh?).

Answer 5

Before there was solid land on Earth there was molten lava. And i am going back to the very beginning of Earth's existence 4.55 billion years ago. Over time (100's of millions of years) a lot of this heat radiated into outer space and when the temperature fell far enough land masses began to form

Answer 6

Before land, earth was completely covered with water untill the first undersea volcanoe was able to emerge above the surface.

Also, before land creatures, thair was marine life and posibly creatures of flight.

So, the dynosaur theory or reptiles evolving into birds may just be the other way around.

Creatures of flight may have evolved into creatures of land at around the same time that creatures of the sea evolved into land creatures.

Answer 7

Apart from the biblical, earth began as a very large ball of very hot gases. As they cooled the gasses separated into the various elements and compounds. So there was nothing but a very hot ball of molten material that settled into land, air and water. A little bit at a time.

Answer 8

Water

Answer 9

In it's beginning, the Earth was a huge gas ball. The land developed as material precipitated out of the gas and the atmosphere cooled.

Answer 10

first off the earth was formed by the meteroites hiting the earth. this created so much heat the earth was a big ball of magma. after the earth started to cool the land was formed. the water in the meteroites was released and thats how we get our oceans. i hope that answers. one cool fact that i picked up is that the first ocean was green from all the iron in the water.