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What were the characteristics of Earth before the oceans formed?
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Which of the following was not characteristics of earth before the oceans formed?
an atmosphere containing free oxygen
Did oceans form as soon as the earth formed?
No, when the Earth first formed it was molten, it had to cool before liquid water could collect in its surface. There is also a thought that Earth's water may not have formed form the initial materials making up the Earth but been delivered to the Earth by comet or asteroids impacting the Earth later.
What is the source of most water that evaporates from earth surface?
The main source is formed by sea and oceans.
How are sedimentary rocks formed in oceans?
Compaction over years and fossilization. That's what I learned in ap Earth Science.
What would happen to the Earth's oceans if the earth was closer to the sun?
oceans would dry
Which of the following was not characteristics of earth before the oceans formed?
an atmosphere containing free oxygen
What are some characteristics of earths oceans?
what are three characteristics of earth's ocean
Did earth first oceans form?
It was about 4 billion years ago, that the Earths oceans formed
Did oceans form as soon as the earth formed?
No, when the Earth first formed it was molten, it had to cool before liquid water could collect in its surface. There is also a thought that Earth's water may not have formed form the initial materials making up the Earth but been delivered to the Earth by comet or asteroids impacting the Earth later.
What is the source of most water that evaporates from earth surface?
The main source is formed by sea and oceans.
Why were there no oceans 4 billion years ago?
According to geologist, the oceans had already started to form by 4 billion years ago. Water remainded a gas because Earth was too hot before the oceaan was formed.
The oceans were formed when precipitation filled low areas on earth called what?
I think its Basin
What happened to water vapor when earth formed and cooled?
When the earth formed and then cooled, the water vapor and water froze forming the glaciers. The glaciers later started to melt which formed lakes, rivers, and oceans.
What resources are older than Earth?
The materials that formed the Earth are in fact OLDER than the Earth, because they were around BEFORE the Earth was formed. The Elements that you are made of were formed inside STARS before the Earth ever existed.
Why are the continents older than the oceans?
because they formed first along with the layers inside the earth
How did the 5 oceans form?
Technically it's all one ocean, but the oceans formed when comets brought water to the Earth, and that water ran downhill until it collected into the lower areas of the Earth's crust.
When was the tsunami invented?
The tsunami was not invented; it is a natural occurrence. It has been happening on Earth since the oceans formed.
