• Question: Is water ever created, or is there a set amount in a constant cycle?

    Asked by niko to David, Helen, Ian, rhysphillips, Sarah on 24 Jun 2011.
    • Photo: Ian van der Linde

      Ian van der Linde answered on 15 Jun 2011:

      Water can be created by burning hydrogen! Some scientists are working on hydrogen cars that will exhaust water instead of nasty fumes!

    • Photo: Rhys Phillips

      Rhys Phillips answered on 15 Jun 2011:

      It is possible to create water out of hydrogen and oxygen, the two elements involved.

    • Photo: Sarah Cook

      Sarah Cook answered on 15 Jun 2011:

      Water can be created but the majority of water is cycled from the oceans vapourised into clouds. The clouds get blown onto the land and the water is released as rain/snow which then enters streams and rivers and flows back out to sea.

    • Photo: Helen Fletcher

      Helen Fletcher answered on 24 Jun 2011:

      it is possible to create water (from hydrogen and oxygen) but creating the basic elements hydrogen and oxygen far far more difficult.

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