Page 11 - Super Earth Encyclopedia

UNIQUE

EARTH

Created from a cloud

of gas and dust more than

4.6 billion years ago, our world

has evolved into a uniquely

dynamic planet. Heat from

deep below its surface keeps

the crust in continuous

slow motion, so its pattern

of oceans and continents

is always changing.

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