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Where do the internal heat of earth come from​

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maybe the core or the sun
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As Earth grew larger, the increased pressure on Earth's interior caused it to compress and heat up. Heat also came from friction when melted material was redistributed within Earth, forming the core and mantle. A major source of Earth's heat is radioactivity, the energy released when the unstable atoms decay.

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