How was the Earth Made?
4/3/24
By: Callie Beyers
You might wonder how the Earth was made? Yes, the planet that we live on, how is it made? There are a lot of theories on how it was made but here is the scientific theory on how it was made. The formation stage of the Earth is when the solar system settled into its current layout about 4.5 billion years ago, Earth formed when gravity pulled swirling gas and dust in to become the third planet from the Sun. Like its fellow terrestrial planets, Earth has a central core, a rocky mantle, and a solid crust. The Earth formed over 4.6 billion years ago out of a mixture of dust and gas around the young hot sun. It grew larger thanks to countless collisions between dust particles, asteroids, and other growing planets, including one last giant impact that threw enough rock, gas, and dust into space to form the moon.
Some people say a huge explosion, known as the Big Bang, then sent matter and energy expanding in all directions. This Big Bang hypothesis led to more testable deductions. One such deduction was that the temperature in deep space today should be several degrees above absolute zero. Observations showed this deduction to be correct. The earliest life forms we know of were microscopic organisms (microbes) that left signals of their presence in rocks about 3.7 billion years old. The signals consisted of a type of carbon molecule that is produced by living things. Some people think why is the planet we live on named Earth and why could it have been a good and cool name? We have no idea who first penned the name Earth for our planet, nor do we know exactly when the name came about.
Well we do know that the name Earth has been in use for at least a millennia. But the earliest time of the Earth is called the Hadean and refers to a period of time for which we have no rock record, and the Archean followed, which corresponds to the ages of the oldest known rocks on earth. These, with the Proterozoic Eon, are called the Precambrian Eon. Riley Anspaugh a 6th grade English teacher at EJHS said this, “ I like learning about the Earth, and just so you know it is the best planet to live on.”
Earth: How did the Earth get water? A 6th grade student at EJHS said, “ I have always wondered how the Earth got its water.'' And I will tell you there are numerous theories about how the Earth got its water. Most fall into two categories: Either Earth was born with the molecular precursors of water already present, or water-laden space rocks like asteroids and comets brought water here after the planet's formation.
Callie Beyers is a 6th grader at EJHS who likes readign writing and spendign time with friends and family