地球的形成（The formation of the earth）.doc

地球的形成（The formation of the earth） The earth is a 4 billion 600 million year old birthday, she originated in the primitive solar nebula. About 30 - 4 billion years ago, the earth began to appear the most primitive single celled life, and then gradually evolved, there are a variety of different organisms. The average equatorial radius of the earth is 6378.14 km, 21 km longer than the polar radius. The internal structure of the earth can be divided into three layers: the crust, the mantle and the core. Under the action of gravity, a large amount of gas gathers around the earth to form a blanket, which is the earths atmosphere. The earth is like a top, spinning from west to east along its axis. Her rotation period is 23 hours, 56 minutes, 4 seconds, approximately equal to 24 hours. At the same time, the earth also revolves around the sun, her orbit is elliptical, the orbit of a half diameter of 149597870 kilometers. Revolution takes 365.25 days, one year. About 5 billion years ago when the solar system was born, about 500 million years later, the earth began to form. The earth is from the primitive solar nebula fractionation, collapse, and the formation of condensation. First of all, the star star gathers the stars, then becomes the primordial earth. The original earth from Xingzi is relatively cold, but each fall on the primitive earth stars have motion energy is high, due to the impact of this energy into heat; in addition, due to the accumulation of planetesimals planet external weight increase, internal compression, consumption in compression internal energy into heat is saved down; plus the decay of radioactive elements uranium, thorium and potassium in the heat generated by the accumulation of the earth began to heat, and eventually lead to most areas of temperature exceeds the melting point of iron. The metal, iron, nickel, and iron in the primordial Earth melt and are so dense that they flow to the center of the earth, forming a liquid iron core. Then, the earth