• Question: how was earth made?

    Asked by anon-174832 to Alex on 18 Jun 2018.
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      Alex Seeney answered on 18 Jun 2018:


      The most common theory is called the “core accretion model” – this suggests that when the sun was formed, material in space began to clump together – small particles were drawn together into larger particles, attracting larger and larger clumps to form a rocky core – the core of the Earth. Denser materials sank to the centre of the core, and the lighter materials created the crust.

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