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Arrange the events in the order they likely occurred according to the giant impact theory.
A Mars-sized planetesimal collides with
Earth.
Material accretes to form the Moon
Molten material is ejected from Earth,
The Moon begins rotating and revolving
around Earth

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Step-by-step explanation:

The statements have been rearranged to give the likely order of events that occurred:

  1. A Mars-sized planetesimal collides with Earth.
  2. Molten material is ejected from Earth
  3. Material accretes to form the Moon
  4. The Moon begins rotating and revolving around Earth

It begins with a collision. Once the material is ejected away from the earth, it will come together to form what we call as the moon. After formation, it id held within the gravitational field of the earth and it begins to revolve around it because of that.

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