1. Not only is Earth a planet that acquired vast amounts liquid water as well as its other phases, it can also keep and maintain its supply for billions of years. a. Describe the process in detail that allows Earth's oceans to not drain into the center of the Earth. b. Describe the process that maintains atmospheric water vapor before it can escape partly as dissociated hydrogen gas from solar UV bombardment (despite the ozone layer) in the upper atmosphere and leak out into space