Does it simply change form as it is used and then eventually return to water, ice or vapor, or does some of it escape into space.
2006-08-06 04:21:25 · 9 answers · asked by Anonymous in Science & Mathematics ➔ Earth Sciences & Geology
I believe we will always have the same amount of water on the Earth, but most of it is vaporised into water vapor and some ice, while most is liquid. The water cycle will continue, but it may seem that it doesn't. Even when you drink, your... eh... "urine" releases it back into the water cycle. Don't think that when you die that you can stop water molecules from circulating, they will still find their way out of your body and back into the atmosphere or into the ground, recirculating. Nope, trapping it in a container won't work. Condensation is the problem, if the air outside of it is warmer, condensation will occur, and it will exit and evaporate back into the air and find it's way out. I hope that I was able to help!
2006-08-06 05:57:38 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 1⤋
What the latter said it correct in some aspect, earth always has about the same amount of water, as to say that we do have a sort of limit. However, water vapor is added to the atmosphere which one said before condenses and falls to earth. THis water vapor is added into the atmosphere by random sapce object, such as small comets, astroids, and any other rubble that can burn up in teh atmosphere, somtimes these actions can chemically create water, and thats how water is added to the earth, and whatsome believe is how water got here in the first place.
2006-08-06 14:50:14 · answer #2 · answered by supermooko 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Yes, there is always the same amount of water on Earth. Any water vapor that rises into the atmosphere is cooled. The atmosphere cools at the rate of 3.5 degrees every 1000 feet. When water cools it condenses until it becomes heavy enough to fall to Earth in some form of precipitation.
2006-08-06 12:25:15 · answer #3 · answered by Bonnie R 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Actually some does escape into space and water does come from space in the form of ice.
2006-08-06 11:49:36 · answer #4 · answered by ag_iitkgp 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
On the whole yes. Some it is split during electrolosis experiments in schools etc some is taken aboard space crafts out into space. Some returns on comets. But on the whole there are no natural processes that removes large or continuous ammounts of water from the earth.
2006-08-06 17:31:09 · answer #5 · answered by michaelduggan1940 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I could not count the exact amount at the time being but at the moment some are doing experiments trying to separate hydrogen and oxygen from water. So it could be different a few minutes from now.
2006-08-06 11:52:28 · answer #6 · answered by cooler 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I think that we always have just about the same amount of water on Earth, but I'm not positive. Have you tried looking it up?
2006-08-06 11:27:49 · answer #7 · answered by grimm.fixie 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
NO NO NO NO NO Water is created by burning hydrogen.Every time you drive your car you ad water to the environment.
2006-08-06 18:52:49 · answer #8 · answered by christine2550@sbcglobal.net 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
um...the water we haveevaporates into rain or whatever else but then it returns...so we can't gain water but we can lose it
2006-08-06 11:33:31 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋