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The ocean is older than land because it formed the land.
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Why is an earthquake in the ocean more dangerous than one on land?
An earthquake in the ocean is dangerous than on land because in the ocean if it occurs it can generate an earthquake which can cause more destruction than an earthaquake on land
What makes ocean breeze blow toward land by day?
The ocean warms more slowly than the land.
Does more precipitation fall over the ocean than over land?
True (there's more ocean than land).
How does temperature and density have an effect on convection currents in the ocean?
The ocean has more density than the land. So therefore it takes more energy from the sun to warm up the ocean than the land. The land heats faster and cools of faster. It takes less energy to warm up the land than the ocean. This is why sea and land breezes occur.
Does global warming effect the land or the ocean more?
The ocean is in more danger than the land is as ocean currents control most of the land temperatures, so the ocean is effecting gobal warming more.
Is the ocean big?
of course its big theres more ocean than land
What ocean is bigger than all the land surface on the Earth?
pacific ocean is about 30 million sq km larger than all land on earth
Is there more oil from a land refinery or an ocean refinery?
Theres more oil from a land refinery than a ocean refinery
Why do we extract oil from the ocean rather than land and can't we just stick with land?
There are oil rigs on land as well as on the ocean, so drilling for oil doesn't just happen on the ocean.
Why do you think that mining on land is less costly than mining in the deep ocean is?
Mining on land is less costly than mining in the deep ocean because it takes more equipment to go down to the bottom of the ocean, and all of that equipment costs more money than what they use on land.
Is the earth's crust older than the ocean crust?
The continental crust (one component of the crust) is, on average, much older than the oceanic crust.
Why are continents older than ocean basins?
well continets were created by god
