2007-01-31 06:09:54 · 21 answers · asked by Anonymous in Science & Mathematics ➔ Earth Sciences & Geology
An ocean is:
"a large body of water constituting a principal part of the hydrosphere"
And oceans are the largest division of open water.
A sea is:
"a division of an ocean or a large body of salt water partially enclosed by land"
Hence a sea is a smaller division of open water, and attached to an ocean.
2007-01-31 06:12:58 · answer #1 · answered by E 5 · 2⤊ 0⤋
The Ocean is in fact the whole body of water that covers the Earth's surface. We only give them names to differentiate which part of the ocean we are talking about. Some parts of the ocean we misleadingly call "sea", such as the North Sea. Really, seas are large bodies of water not connected to the ocean.
Hope that explains things
2007-01-31 06:14:36 · answer #2 · answered by Bob Danvers-Walker 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Technically, all the world's oceans and seas are part of one continuous mass of seawater. But because the ocean is so big, humans have divided it up and named the different parts. There are five oceans and several dozen seas. Seas are usually smaller than oceans and are partially enclosed by land. But otherwise, they're exactly the same thing.
2007-01-31 06:15:43 · answer #3 · answered by S B 2 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Hi
A sea is a small body of salt water which is almost landlocked eg. Dead Sea, Mediteranean Sea.
An ocean is a large body of salt water which separates continents such as the Atlantic Ocean or Pacific Ocean
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sea
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ocean
Hope this helps
2007-01-31 06:28:27 · answer #4 · answered by babe_boo 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
An ocean is the vast body of salt water that covers almost three fourths of the earth's surface.
A sea is a large lake or landlocked body of water.
2007-01-31 06:14:55 · answer #5 · answered by ladona c 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The biggest three-four (including the polar one I think) are defined as being the oceans - all others including bays & parts of the oceans are seas
2007-01-31 06:41:15 · answer #6 · answered by Wise Kai 3 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Sea is to Ocean as Country is to Continent.
2007-01-31 06:17:49 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
An ocean is in the Atlantic and a sea is ... oh wait a minute, will watch your answers to sea, or do I mean see?
2007-01-31 06:13:37 · answer #8 · answered by northcarrlight 6 · 0⤊ 1⤋
I think the difference is a grey area, in other words generally down to the opinion of the namer, but seas are generally smaller than oceans.
2007-01-31 06:12:54 · answer #9 · answered by smudgeuk9 3 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Oceans are a lot larger than seas.
2007-01-31 06:16:40 · answer #10 · answered by RIZ 2 · 0⤊ 1⤋