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Earth .Making of A Planet
Earth .Making of A Planet
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planets turned into liquid. Planet Theia`s collision with the Earth
The birth of the moon. Just 14.000 miles away located from us.
The Earth spins so fast that the entire day lasts 6 hours.
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But over time moon moves away. The waves calm down and the
3.8 bn years ago- (700 mln years after the planet’s birth)-tiny
together to make continents. Now the earth has water and land.
as the planet spins slower the days are getting longer (16 hours).
750 million years ago- Heat weakens the earth’s layer and now
the continent split into two. Volcanoes pump carbon dioxide into
creates acid rain. The rocks absorb the rain including its carbon
dioxide. Now there is not enough c.d. in the air to trap the sun’s
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Snowball earth-the coldest ice age ever to grip the planet. 3000
m thick ice sheet covers the entire planet. For 15 million years
erupting since the earth began to freeze but until now even their
ton c.b. Before the big freeze the rocks absorb the most of
CO2(c.d), but now with the rocks are under the ice there is
melt. The volcanoes release more c.d and push the temperature
reactions, the ice has created oxygen. The Sun’s ultraviolet rays
hours long. The perfect recipe for life. Before snowball earth
primitive bacterias emerged in the oceans. But they couldn’t
CAMBRIAN ERA
bacteria have evolved. There are plants on the sea floor and smth
levels are close to what they are today. The land should be
kind of gas called- Oson. This gas absorbs the radiation. Over
120 mln years the Oson layer gets thicker. And preventing more
375 mln years ago - Small clumps of algae is the first land
plants. They pump out even more oxygen. A new species swim
itself up. Water to land movement. Until 360 mln years ago
particles that need lots of water to grow. But this seed is miles
away from water. That embryonic plant has its own food and
water supply. Unlike a spor a seed can survive without water for
have been laying their eggs in water. But the lizard-like creature
Hylonomus prefers land. Its egg contains all the water and
Reptile. The dead plants matters build up and decay and create
layers. Over hundreds of millions of years rocks cover this
layers. And the earth’s core heat and pressure transform these
250 mln years ago- Small lizards are now giant reptiles.This
lava sputs into the air. The entire landscape is erupted. Basalt
volcanoes kill animals. The sulfur dioxide from the eruption fills
the atmosphere. As it rains the gas turns into sulfuric acid and
of the few life forms could survive in that water. Metan gas
escape from beneath the sea bed. Until now that gas has been
frozen but as the sea temp. rises it begins to melt. Release into
the atmosphere this gas pushes up the temp even further. Temp.
It's been 500 mln years since the eruption first began and all this
time the lava has been pouring out. 95% of species are gone.
250 mln years ago the earth reverts back to an almost lifeless
planet.
earthquake. The earth plates are all moving again. 190 mln
Middle East. Dead fish and planktons covered the ocean floor.
Over the next 10 mln years layers of rock will bury and hit the
180 mln years ago- The North American plate is still moving
away from The Asian and European plates. It shifts about 2.5
cm each year.
volcano. The entire sea floor tears in two halves. And push up
into mountains and volcanoes. The water here is hot. As the
new ocean floor. Pangea breaks apart and our world rearranges
eaters dyed.
47 mln years ago- Our Mammals ancestors are evolving.
Unlike earlier mammals, this creature has bigger eyes and brain-
like today.
The Earth plates are moving again. The India moves north to
20 mln years ago- The every ocean and continent was like as
we know.
4 mln years ago- Along the African coast the Great Rift opens
up. The Mountains ups along it and their height was around
moister from the Indian Ocean from passing over the land. Its
getting hotter and drier. The new climate changes the creatures
forcing them to search for food. Soon they stop dragging their
knuckles like apes and began to stand and walk on 2 foot. It’s
70 min years ago- Climate changes again. Sea level fall. And
the gap between Arabia and Africa shrinks to just 1.5 km. The
Red sea is now narrow and shallow enough for small groups
with ice. Sea level falls. A strip of land emerges from the ocean
The End