Depends. If you are a God believer, then it was God. But if you arent, you could say something scientific. But they are finding out many things in the Bible predict, or have a lot in common with scientific things that have happened, or will happen. Besides, I think God does things that turn out scientific. He makes things that way.
2007-10-20 08:04:04
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answered by Confetti! 2
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I was reading an article on an astonishing theory of the early earth, that the planet was not green, but PURPLE. In the very early stages, Oxygen was a poison and corrosive element, the earth was more sulphuric than anything, and other types of inorganic materials were conducive to using that, as well as pre-organic structures.
Anyway, after that , the planet evolved, it began using up the sulphur, methane, and other substances of the early earth system thru different processes, says this theory. It eventually switched over to an oxygen system as the earth cooled, gases inside the earth cooked and outgassed, and enough oxygen and hydrogen were released, then combined thru lightning conversion into water, and it fell upon the earth. There is still hydrogen and oxygen trapped in the rocks way down deep, that is where the original materials for water came from, after the Earth condensed from solar materials. That's what I've read, anyway. Interesting theory, on the purpleness of the planet. I saw that on Yahoo / Science 6-9 months ago? May can still find that somewhere on the internet, by searching on Earth and Purple.
- The Gremlin Guy -
2007-10-20 18:31:36
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answered by Anonymous
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The short answer: water is created all the time all over the Earth and is continually changing forms.
To be more specific, liquid water is one of three forms of what chemists refer to as H2O. It is interesting to note that solid H2O takes up 10% more space by volume than liquid water.
The reason the question is flawed to begin with is because time doesn't really exist. Hydrogen and Oxygen were obviously essential parts of the building blocks of this planet (whether or not you believe an external, socially conscious, infinitely powerful being played with those building blocks like an overgrown toddler is your personal business...I don't really care what other people think about the concept of a God).
In any case, the two essential components of water are, have been, and will continue to be abundant all over Earth and thus the cycle of continual transition from liquid to gas to liquid to solid to liquid and on and on will continue in addition to all of the natural and man-made chemical reactions around the globe that have H2O as an output. If this were more common we wouldn't have nearly as much work to do in order to avoid a climate change that would render the planet uninhabitable by humans...but again I digress...
2007-10-20 18:08:51
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answered by gottjoshie 2
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"The question of the origin of water on Earth, or more accurately put, the question of why there is clearly more water on the Earth than on the other planets of the solar system, has, thus far, not been clarified. There are various popular theories as to how the world's oceans were formed over the past 4.6 billion years. Some of the most likely contributing factors to the origin of the Earth's oceans are as follows:
The cooling of the primordial Earth to the point where the outgassed volatile components were held in an atmosphere of sufficient pressure for the stabilization and retention of liquid water.
Comets, trans-Neptunian objects or water-rich asteroids (protoplanets) from the outer reaches of the asteroid belt colliding with a pre-historic Earth may have brought water to the world's oceans. Measurements of the ratio of the hydrogen isotopes deuterium and protium point to asteroids, since similar percentage impurities in carbon-rich chondrites were found to oceanic water, whereas previous measurement of the isotopes’ concentrations in comets and trans-Neptunian objects correspond only slightly to water on the earth.
Gradual leakage of water stored in hydrous minerals of the Earth's rocks.
Photolysis: radiation can break down chemical bonds on the surface.
It is likely that more than one of these factors contributed to the vast oceans, covering more than 70% of the Earth's surface that we have today."
2007-10-20 14:53:06
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answered by TNW 2
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the gasses in the atmosphere contained hydrogen and oxygen(earth was a large ball of gas)
this then combined with excessive heat and pressure/lightining discharge to give rain
this then filles up the indendations of the earths surface and voila...u see water
2007-10-20 14:52:24
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answered by Anonymous
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1)The cooling of the primordial Earth to the point where the outgassed volatile components were held in an atmosphere of sufficient pressure for the stabilization and retention of liquid water.
2)Comets, trans-Neptunian objects or water-rich asteroids (protoplanets) from the outer reaches of the asteroid belt colliding with a pre-historic Earth may have brought water to the world's oceans. Measurements of the ratio of the hydrogen isotopes deuterium and protium point to asteroids, since similar percentage impurities in carbon-rich chondrites were found to oceanic water, whereas previous measurement of the isotopes’ concentrations in comets and trans-Neptunian objects correspond only slightly to water on the earth.
3)Gradual leakage of water stored in hydrous minerals of the Earth's rocks.
4)Photolysis: radiation can break down chemical bonds on the surface.
2007-10-20 14:51:42
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answered by Anonymous
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water was created on earth by god no doubt about it.
2013-11-19 16:02:23
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answered by Maraea Whiu 1
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It is my belief that like all other living things, God created it. One of the most unique qualities of water is that it expands when frozen, rather than contracts like other liquids. This unique quality is evidence for me that it did not evolve, but is was created by a power much greater than us, and that power is God.
2007-10-20 14:55:09
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answered by Ron M 1
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you have all heard and read about god
and how i created the earth man etc etc
and all that goes with it
well if you recall you are all made in my image
you all have toilet needs
well one day i needed to go for a wee wee so there it is
thats how i created it
2007-10-20 14:53:19
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answered by itsa o 6
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H2O what do you think?- 2 Hydrogen molecules and 1 Oxygen molecule bonded, made water-pure compound. (Unless you r religious and belive in God)
2007-10-20 14:53:02
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answered by spark_55 4
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