Who made water?

Who discovered the water? It was the chemist Henry Cavendish (1731 – 1810), who discovered the composition of water, when he experimented with hydrogen and oxygen and mixed these elements together to create an explosion (oxyhydrogen effect).
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How is water created?

Atoms bonded together form molecules. A molecule of pure water is made of two hydrogen atoms bonded to an oxygen atom.
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Who named water as water?

The word water comes from Old English wæter, from Proto-Germanic *watar (source also of Old Saxon watar, Old Frisian wetir, Dutch water, Old High German wazzar, German Wasser, vatn, Gothic ???? (wato), from Proto-Indo-European *wod-or, suffixed form of root *wed- ("water"; "wet").
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Where is water came from?

Currently, the most favored explanation for where the Earth got its water is that it acquired it from water-rich objects (planetesimals) that made up a few percent of its building blocks. These water-rich planetesimals would have been either comets or asteroids.
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How old is the water on Earth?

Water. It's a mystery how the world became awash in it. But one prevailing theory says that water originated on our planet from ice specks floating in a cosmic cloud before our sun was set ablaze, more than 4.6 billion years ago.
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Can Earth run out oxygen?

Will Earth run out of oxygen? Yes, sadly, the Earth will eventually run out of oxygen — but not for a long time. According to New Scientist, oxygen comprises about 21 percent of Earth's atmosphere. That robust concentration allows for large and complex organisms to live and thrive on our planet.
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Can we make water?

Is it possible to make water? Theoretically, it is possible. You would need to combine two moles of hydrogen gas and one mole of oxygen gas to turn them into water. However, you need activation energy to join them together and start the reaction.
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How old is the ocean?

The ocean formed billions of years ago.

At this time, about 3.8 billion years ago, the water condensed into rain which filled the basins that we now know as our world ocean.
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How did water end up on Earth?

If Earth was born a hot and dry planet, the water must have arrived later, after the planet had cooled, presumably brought by icy comets and asteroids from far out in the solar system, which bombarded the young planet, seeding it with their water, some of which stayed on the surface and became our oceans, while the ...
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Does Earth lose water?

Water flows endlessly between the ocean, atmosphere, and land. Earth's water is finite, meaning that the amount of water in, on, and above our planet does not increase or decrease.
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What is the true color of the water?

The water is in fact not colorless; even pure water is not colorless, but has a slight blue tint to it, best seen when looking through a long column of water. The blueness in water is not caused by the scattering of light, which is responsible for the sky being blue.
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What makes water wet?

Water is wet, in the sense of being a liquid which flows easily, because its viscosity is low, which is because its molecules are rather loosely joined together.
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Why is it called water?

The word "water" comes from the Old English word wæter or from the Proto-Germanic watar or German Wasser. All of these words mean "water" or "wet."
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Will we run out of water in 2050?

Assuming a World average water consumption for food of 1,300 m3/year per capita in 2000, 1,400 m3/year in 2050, and 1,500 m3/year in 2100, a volume of water of around 8,200 km3/year was needed in 2000, 13,000 km3/year will be needed in 2050, and 16,500 km3/year in 2100.
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Who invented the name of Earth?

The name "Earth" is derived from both English and German words, 'eor(th)e/ertha' and 'erde', respectively, which mean ground. But, the handle's creator is unknown. One interesting fact about its name: Earth is the only planet that wasn't named after a Greek or Roman god or goddess.
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Can water be man made?

Yes, one can take Hydrogen and Oxygen and react them in appropriate conditions and form water vapor. This can then be condensed (by cooling) to liquid water. This is the best way to produce the most purified water that has no other ions that are normally present in water we know.
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Is water older than the Sun?

As much as half of the water in Earth's oceans could be older than the Sun, a study has found.
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What was first life on Earth?

The earliest life forms we know of were microscopic organisms (microbes) that left signals of their presence in rocks about 3.7 billion years old. The signals consisted of a type of carbon molecule that is produced by living things.
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When was water made?

Mineralogical evidence from zircons has shown that liquid water and an atmosphere must have existed 4.404 ± 0.008 billion years ago, very soon after the formation of Earth.
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Can an ocean dry up?

Don't worry. The oceans aren't going to dry up. At least not any time soon, so no need to add it to the list of things to worry about.
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Why is the ocean blue?

The ocean is blue because water absorbs colors in the red part of the light spectrum. Like a filter, this leaves behind colors in the blue part of the light spectrum for us to see. The ocean may also take on green, red, or other hues as light bounces off of floating sediments and particles in the water.
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Does water last forever?

✅ Does bottled water last forever? Since water is a naturally occurring substance it has an indefinite shelf life, however due to the fact that plastic water bottles leach chemicals into the water overtime we recommend a 2 year shelf life for still water.
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Will water run out?

While our planet as a whole may never run out of water, it's important to remember that clean freshwater is not always available where and when humans need it. In fact, half of the world's freshwater can be found in only six countries. More than a billion people live without enough safe, clean water.
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What does water taste like?

That's because your tongue becomes habituated to the taste of the chemicals in your saliva. When you rinse those away with water, your taste receptors will 'rebound' with an opposite taste sensation. So since your saliva is salty, water can taste slightly sweet or even bitter.
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