How did the sea/ocean get there?

Answer 1

People, this is the Science catagory, not Religion.

Please stop with the God crap!!!

As for the question...
At the early stages of formation, the Earth appeared as a cold body in space, containing all of the chemical elements known in Nature. The atmosphere and hydrosphere did not yet exist; the surface of the planet was completely lifeless. But gradually, due to gravitational forces, energy released by the breakdown of radioactive elements and lunar tides deep inside the core of the Earth began to heat up. When temperatures near the core of the Earth reached that level where the melting of iron oxides and other compounds could occur, the active processes began for the formation of a nucleus and the main environment of the planet.

The general process of formation of the Earth's environment, according to a hypothesis of the Academician A.P. Vinogradov, was through zoned melting in the mantle, situated around a nucleus. Thus the dense, and heaviest sank toward the centre, increasing the size of the nucleus, and less dense and lighter elements rose to the surface, forming the lithosphere, the top-most part of which is the Earth's crust. These processes caused the onset of great volcanic activity over all areas on the surface of the Earth and produced great and extensive outpourings of basaltic lava, releasing gases and water vapour. Gravity forces kept the gases and water vapour in the near-earth proximity, and these formed a primitive, proto-atmosphere, but deprived of oxygen.

By radiating heat into Space, the Earth's surface gradually cooled. The water vapours (gas) condensed, and became liquid water. Active elements and compounds, discharged from still more volcanic activity, interacted with the water, forming acids and salts.

Answer 2

When the Earth was first formed it was a spinning ball of hot magma with no crust and no water. Eventually it cooled sufficiently for crust to solidify.

Hydrogen is the most plentiful element in the Universe, oxygen is also very common. These two elements combine to produce water, H2O, which would originally have been in the gaseous state. Water would have condensed into cloud at a high level, near the coldness of space but any rain produced would have evaporated in the hot atmosphere of carbon dioxide, nitrogen and methane lower down. For millions of years no rain would have reached the surface.

Once the surface was cool enough for crust to form and the amount of rain exceeded the capacity of the atmosphere to evaporate it completely as it fell, rain would begin to land on solid crust - where it would immediately evaporate as the surface, though solid, was still very hot.

Eventually due to general cooling of the Earth and the heat extracted from the crust by evaporating rainwater, the land surface would fall below 100^C and the water would begin to flow to collect at the lowest points on the ground, as it always has done and still does.

Don't forget that although 3/4 of the earths surface is covered with ocean, the deepest parts are only about 7 miles deep and the radius of the Earth is 4000 miles, so the amount of water is insignificant compared with the amount of rock, magma, core etc. There really isn't that much of it when looked at in perspective.

Answer 3

Religion is not science, please keep the two separate you have your own ******* section!

If you want to convince people that god put the oceans there, go tell people in the R+S section, WE DONT WANT TO HEAR IT HERE.

The earth was created by masive chunk of rock colliding, these contained ice. A couple of hundred million years later the earth heats up, ice melts and water goes to the lowest point thus oceans are formed.

I'm not a geologist so my answer is probably pretty crap but at least I didnt tell you a fairy tale.

Answer 4

Some think that in earth's early years, some icy meteorites may have landed and left liquid water. There was also plenty of chance for water to be here already since we have so many larger elements on earth, water is no problem (I know it's a compound not an element).

Answer 5

Get where?

Sea and iocean was there because combination of 2 hydrogen atom with 1 oxygen atom. When magma cooled off we got land and with tectonic plates we got continets.

Answer 6

Probably the same way the earth, the stars, the plantets and
the moon got here.

Answer 7

Ah, I think that might be my fault.
I left the bath running last night, then went downstairs and fell asleep in front of the TV.
When I woke up, the bath was overflowing everywhere.
Sorry.

Answer 8

Water / Ice brought to earth primarily by comets ...

Answer 9

Read Greek/Roman Mythology.

Answer 10

Ocean is Gods creation like sky and such things. Its written in Genesis in Bibble by... Someone has written it but I dont believe that he was God Himself. Maybe He is too busy for such things... Anyway why God cant be a genius and have knowledge of universe in one finger? - its physical and non-physical rules we are just learning and comprehending. Asking Him can be strange for you. Just became seeker and find the answer yourself. World is created for you. Finding answers is yours adwenture...
Mrok (Gloom) Gods Wisdom and comprehence seeker