• Question: if there was no oceans to make the earth moist, world it go hard and crusty and start to break and fall apart?

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      Asked by ?????? to Anais on 7 Mar 2016.
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        Anais Kahve answered on 7 Mar 2016:

        Hello Bob, thanks for your question. To be honest I’m not entirely sure what would happen. Somehow though, I don’t think that the Earth would fall apart. This is because the force of gravity would still exist. Gravity is what keeps the Earth, and many other planets, intact.

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      Stuart commented on :

      Anais is right about gravity. It’s such a strong force that anything much higher than mount Everest, the tallest mountain on the planet, would collapse under its own weight. If you were able to pick the Earth up in your hand it would feel smoother than a snooker ball – the valleys and mountains are so tiny compared to the radius of the planet.