---- would life exist here at all? Why? I ask this question in R and S because there was some indication that Job new about iron and its creation.
2007-12-10 05:35:08 · 14 answers · asked by Anonymous in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
The hypothetical here was just the issue of not having iron on our planet. I'm not envisioning a change in the physics of our Universe.
I just read over Job again and I should have before accepting the 'truth' as put forward by another contributer. The references to iron say nothing about its creation in stars or being handed down by God from the Heavens. Sorry.
2007-12-10 06:18:30 · update #1
The hypothetical here was just the issue of not having iron on our planet. I'm not envisioning a change in the physics of our Universe.
I just read over Job again and I should have before accepting the 'truth' as put forward by another contributer. The references to iron say nothing about its creation in stars or being handed down by God from the Heavens. Sorry.
2007-12-10 06:19:27 · update #2
There are two really good answers here. The bodies need for iron for the hemoglobin in blood. Evolution may have been able to get around the lack of iron though, quite likely, life on our Earth may have been quite different.
The other real good answer is the power of our Earth's iron core producing the protective electro-magnetic energy surrounding our fragile planet. To see this field at work just watch the Northern Lights.
2007-12-10 06:24:46 · update #3
most ancient people knew about iron... ever since the IRON AGE in fact (the clue's in the name).
Life would probably still exist but if would necessarily be different as iron has important functions in metabolic and physiological processes. Other elements could substitute but would in general be less efficient or require different form and function to evolve.
2007-12-10 05:38:49 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
you won't stay to tell the story the death of the solar. The Earth's ecosystem would be stripped away, and the oceans will boil away. this could take place in some 5 billion years (no longer a million.5-2 billion or 800 billion as has been pronounced in this thread). The Earth won't fly into interstellar area the two, because of the fact the mass of the solar in its white dwarf degree will nevertheless save the Earth gravitationally certain to it. we produce different themes to "complication" approximately until eventually now the solar starts to die, such because of the fact the impeding collision with the Andromeda galaxy...and the incontrovertible fact that we are dropping our Moon.
2016-12-10 18:39:18 · answer #2 · answered by ? 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
no.
Because earth's core is molten iron. Our gravitational force would be dramatically different, and may not even be powerful enough to keep large amounts of water on the surface of the planet. The earths rotation would likely be different as well, and we would probably have an entirely different climate and season. The moon also, wouldn't exist...because the earth's density would be much less, therefore our gravity would also be less....so the moon would probably be it's own planetary body if it didn't drift into space first.
2007-12-10 05:41:03 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
no it wouldnt. iron makes up the majority of the core material of the earth and without iron, there would be no living magnetic field and magnetosphere which blocks the dangerous solar wind from hitting the earths surface. this would have destroyed DNA before it could ever have evolved, thus preventing life from ever existing. iron is very important
2007-12-10 05:39:34 · answer #4 · answered by nacsez 6 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Existenc of iron in the stars wouldn't have any bearing on life on Earth since it wouldn't be accessible to us...it would be in space..
If you're asking if iron didn't exist on Earth would life be the way it is now...the answer is no...the production of steel requires iron...we would probably rely more on alloys that could be produced without iron...
2007-12-10 05:41:39 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
All the elements produced in the stars contributed to the emergence of life on earth. Chances are, had any of them been omitted, life would be dramatically different.
2007-12-10 05:42:43 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
Since blood contains iron, I'd say no. Hemoglobin is essential to most earthly life
2007-12-10 05:46:59 · answer #7 · answered by Michelle C 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Your blood is red because of it's iron content.
So no.
edit; lol, i need people to give me negatives on things like this so i know i'm wrong.
2007-12-10 05:40:42 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
iron is the core of our planet, and causes our magnetic field...it IS important...
2007-12-10 05:39:23 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 0⤋
Nope. Life needs heavier elements as far as we know.
2007-12-10 05:41:02 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 0⤋