2006-07-22 03:48:30 · 8 answers · asked by sunflower 3 in Travel ➔ Cruise Travel
well a ocean is entire body of salt water that covers 70% of earth surface; a large body of water constituting a Principal part of the hydrosphere limitless in quantity or volume when a sea is a division of an ocean or a large body of salt water partially enclosed by land.
2006-07-22 04:18:13 · answer #1 · answered by dixierose 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Only some vague differences really.
It's not a rigid definition. Seas are delineated by land masses, whether or not they are largely enclosed. They should also communicate with the ocean. The Meditteranean and Black seas qualify here, because saltwater actually flows IN to both those bodies of water. The Caspian Sea is, strictly speaking, not really a sea but instead the world's largest lake. Why aren't the Gulf of Mexico, the Gulf of California, Hudson Bay, and the Bay of
Bengal not called seas? No real reason. It's just a matter of names. If different people had named them, they might have been called seas.
2006-07-22 04:04:38 · answer #2 · answered by oklatom 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
An ocean is larger than a sea. Enough said
2006-07-22 03:51:31 · answer #3 · answered by Ed 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
sea is a body of water within the ocean. a specific spot or area.
Like: your on a boat/ship in the ocean, & the seas were rough.
2006-07-22 05:47:08 · answer #4 · answered by anitababy.brainwash 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Good question... the sea is the very front part of the ocean!!!
2006-07-22 03:51:31 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
An ocean is bigger than a sea.
2006-07-22 03:50:51 · answer #6 · answered by shakensunshine86 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
the sea is smaller than the ocean thats all
2006-07-22 03:51:41 · answer #7 · answered by will 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The sea is smaller than the ocean, and closer to land....
Usually, a sea is either trapped inside a bay, gulf or peninsula (yellow sea, cortez sea, caribbean), or almost completely surrounded by land. (mediterranean, black sea)
2006-07-22 04:05:34 · answer #8 · answered by Firefox 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋