The ocean spread around the surface of earth, it is not flied away to sky. The air around the sphere is also not spreading to space.Why?
2006-07-06 17:41:59 · 27 answers · asked by Narayanankutty R 1 in Science & Mathematics ➔ Earth Sciences & Geology
Everyone who said gravity is actually wrong (that will teach them to be so arrogant). The best answer is the vapor pressure, not gravity. Believe it or not, pressure is part of what keeps water from boiling (the other part is heat). If you reduce the pressure on water enough, it can boil at room temperature! So basically, air can exert a force on water and keep it "down where it belongs." Water's natural cohesive forces take it from there.
2006-07-06 18:49:41 · answer #1 · answered by simonnewtboy 2 · 2⤊ 2⤋
Gravity as a result of the Eath's mass is holding the ocean's water to the Earth and also the sky.
2006-07-06 17:51:56 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 1⤋
The way the Earth spins on its axis has a certain gravitational pull that keeps the ocean water and everything else from "flying away" the moon also helps with its own gravity to keep everything balanced.
2006-07-06 17:50:10 · answer #3 · answered by Crys D. 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Oceans are nothing but huge holes on the surface of the earth filled with water. Its the earth's gravity that holds everything on its surface responsibile for this.
2006-07-06 18:00:34 · answer #4 · answered by Vikram R 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
basically gravity is what hold the water to earth. but during the tide (when the ocean altitude seems to raise and fall) the moon passes over the water and the gravity holding the water down is partialy nutralized by the counter gravity of the moon against the gravity of the earths.
2006-07-06 17:51:49 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Gravity
2006-07-06 17:44:39 · answer #6 · answered by viv 3 · 0⤊ 1⤋
The oceans do float into the atmosphere through evaporation but are contained because its so cold up there then they start hugging each others molecules where they form particles of heavy air, as they are becoming a mass which does collect What? Radiant heat from the Where? Sun
Then.................... It's just a vicious circle I tell ya
2006-07-06 18:05:15 · answer #7 · answered by Chris 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
gravity and atmospheric pressure. Our atmosphere is actually the more important of the two. If there is no vapor pressure, then all our ocean water will evaporate into the outer space.
2006-07-06 17:46:06 · answer #8 · answered by through103 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Gravity, the same force tha holds everything else to Earth.
2006-07-06 17:44:35 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
When in water form it is gravity that holds it as it holds us down. However when it evaporates it is the atmosphere that keeps it from escaping.
2006-07-06 17:46:10 · answer #10 · answered by continualrelic 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋