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Shortly after the Earth first formed, intense heat built up and large portions of the planet became molten. What happened to the Earth over time?

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The Earth cooled down, forming water on vast lands while leaving others dry. oxygen and carbon from volcanoes helped create plant life under water, away from the sun's harmful UV rays. Eventually, the plants created enough oxygen to create an ozone layer around earth, making our planet sustainable for life, thus, creating life or as we can call it, one celled organisms. These cells would eventually evolve into bigger life forms, like the dinosaurs.

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Parts of the Earth cooled into solid rock!! I got this in a study island and got it right!!

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