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How the Earth Was Made: Birth of the Earth

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Molten, glowing sphere being pelted by rocks. Caption: was the fledgling Earth.

As shown on the History Channel. Four and a half billion years ago, the Earth formed from dust in space to become a molten ball of rock orbiting the Sun. Travels back in time to investigate how the fledgling planet survived a cataclysmic cosmic collision with another world, how molten rock solidified to land, how our oceans filled with water, and how life arrived on Earth. Geologists study the oldest rocks on Earth and meteorites from outer space to solve the geological mystery of all--the birth of the Earth.

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Runtime: 44 minutes 3 seconds

Topic: Geography, Science
Subtopic: Geology, World Geography
Grade/Interest Level: 9 - 12
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Release Year: 2009
Producer/Distributor: A & E Television Network
Series: How the Earth Was Made
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Steeply sloping walls of layered, red sedimentary rock. Caption: the Grand Canyon remains the most famous of them all.

A volcano emits ash and smoke, as seen from a city street. Caption: (narrator) It's the nightmare scenario that everyone fears.

Molten, glowing sphere being pelted by rocks. Caption: was the fledgling Earth.

Sand dunes. Caption: The wind that builds them also blows them away,

A rocky sheer cliff with a river cascading down the face of it, as seen from above. Caption: is shaping this magnificent landscape.

Illustration of a plate of Earth's crust being pushed beneath a second plate. Caption: (narrator) As the two plates moved towards each other,

Lava shooting into the air. Caption: pouring out of volcanoes all around the Ring of Fire.

Tall, snowy, and rocky mountain as seen from below. Caption: Is Everest shrinking or growing?

Several volcanoes oozing lava and emitting smoke. Caption: They were pushed back by these mountains of fire.

Lava field in foreground with evergreen trees and snowy mountain in background. Caption: Southwest of St. Helens, he investigates an area

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Joanna W. (Newton, AL)

January 16th, 2019 at 10:25 AM

Great tool for teaching how the Earth was formed.