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hello people againe my questioncan you please tell me another theories origin of earth other than the one which alferd hill said .
and please also name the scientist who said it.and please the resources.

when i asked this question some 1 told me:
The big bang theory is one.

Evolution is another.

another 1 told me
1) the big bang theory
2) creation

and that is it

people i need info u can copy and past this info or just tell me the site please

2007-02-11 03:16:04 · 7 answers · asked by Anonymous in Science & Mathematics Earth Sciences & Geology

7 answers

Hello. I'm going to assume that you are asking about the origin of the planet Earth, and not about the origin of the universe, or the origin of life on Earth.
The Solar System formed from a cloud of of gas and dust. The gravity of the swirling cloud caused enough material to coalesce in the center to form the Sun. The planets formed around it. The inner, rocky planets formed by slowly. At first, dust grains stuck to each other until objects were large enough to begin to attract material with their gravity fields(these objects up to a few hundred kilometersacross). Then, some of these objects kept growing by accumulating more material, until they were larger than the present day moon. Finally, these large objects collided with each other, creating the larger rocky planets we see today. Planet formation involved many huge impacts, implying a molten or mostly molten early Earth. A fairly recent idea is that the moon was created when the Earth had a big collision with something-shooting a huge fragment off into orbit around the Earth.

Here are two nice websites with beautiful illustrations of the process and more links:
http://www.psi.edu/projects/planets/planets.html
http://www.psrd.hawaii.edu/Dec98/OriginEarthMoon.html

2007-02-11 04:37:18 · answer #1 · answered by luka d 5 · 0 0

The origin of the sun (along with its planets and other "parts") is due to a swirling solar nebula some 4.5 billion years ago. For your information, the Big Bang Theory is not about the origin of the Earth, it is about the origin of the Universe. Also, the Theory of Evolution is not about the origin of the Earth, it is about the development of life on the planet. Finally, creation (and with this I assume you mean Creationism) is not a scientific theory at all, it is a belief that God created the Earth, an that scientific explanations are mute because the Bible has all the answers. Belief without explanations are termed religion or superstition, but never science.

2007-02-11 08:45:19 · answer #2 · answered by Amphibolite 7 · 0 0

The solar system is about 4.6billion years old and its development from a spinning disc of dust has been described. The Universe is older than the solar system, the Big Bang was about 13.7billion years ago. A star that formed well before the solar system went supernova and exploded. This produced the heavy elements and the dust for the disc that made the solar system.

The normal process of fusion in stars will produce elements up to iron but the heavier elements require the enormous heat and pressures of a supernova to form. It is possible that our Sun is the third after two previous supernovas.

Creation is not a scientific theory. It is religious faith. There is no science in creation.

2007-02-11 07:56:32 · answer #3 · answered by tentofield 7 · 0 0

According to the theory of continental drift, the world was made up of a single continent through most of geologic time. That continent eventually separated and drifted apart, forming into the seven continents we have today. The first comprehensive theory of continental drift was suggested by the German meteorologist Alfred Wegener in 1912. The hypothesis asserts that the continents consist of lighter rocks that rest on heavier crustal material—similar to the manner in which icebergs float on water. Wegener contended that the relative positions of the continents are not rigidly fixed but are slowly moving—at a rate of about one yard per century. According to the generally accepted plate-tectonics theory, scientists believe that Earth's surface is broken into a number of shifting slabs or plates, which average about 50 miles in thickness. These plates move relative to one another above a hotter, deeper, more mobile zone at average rates as great as a few inches per year. Most of the world's active volcanoes are located along or near the boundaries between shifting plates and are called plate-boundary volcanoes. The peripheral areas of the Pacific Ocean Basin, containing the boundaries of several plates, are dotted with many active volcanoes that form the so-called Ring of Fire. The Ring provides excellent examples of plate-boundary volcanoes, including Mount St. Helens. However, some active volcanoes are not associated with plate boundaries, and many of these so-called intra-plate volcanoes form roughly linear chains in the interior of some oceanic plates. The Hawaiian Islands provide perhaps the best example of an intra-plate volcanic chain, developed by the northwest-moving Pacific plate passing over an inferred “hot spot” that initiates the magma-generation and volcano-formation process. Plate-Tectonics Theory—The Lithosphere Plates of Earth This figure shows the boundaries of lithosphere plates that are active at present. The double lines indicate zones of spreading from which plates are moving apart. The lines with barbs show zones of underthrusting (subduction), where one plate is sliding beneath another. The barbs on the lines indicate the overriding plate. The single line defines a strike-slip fault along which plates are sliding horizontally past one another. The stippled areas indicate a part of a continent, exclusive of that along a plate boundary, which is undergoing active extensional, compressional, or strike-slip faulting.

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2014-06-18 23:11:54 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0 0

http://faculty.weber.edu/bdattilo/fossils/notes/earth.html

2007-02-11 04:37:41 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0 0

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