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If new rocks are always forming why is the Earth not getting bigger?
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The new rocks don't form from nothing. They form either from material from older rocks that were broken down, or magma that originates inside Earth. As magma rises and erupts as lava from volcanoes the crust will sink down slightly, filling in the space left behind. New oceanic crust is formed as lava erupts at mid-ocean ridges, but at the same time old oceanic crust slides down into the mantle at subduction zones.
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Why do solar or lunar eclipses always occur during a full or new mon?
The earth is bigger than moon and earth cast bigger shadow. So lunar eclipse is last longer than solar eclipsse.
What percent of the planets are smalller than earth?
There are 8 planets Mercury (smaller than Earth) Venus (smaller than Earth) Earth Mars (smaller than Earth) Jupiter (bigger than Earth) Saturn (bigger than Earth) Uranus (bigger than Earth) Neptune (bigger than Earth) so 3 smaller & 4 bigger than Earth 37.5% smaller than Earth 50% bigger than Earth
Did rocks stopped forming the earth?
no
What is bigger sun vs earth?
The sun is 1,000,000,000,000 times bigger than the earth.
Is the sun bigger than the earth or the earth is bigger than the sun?
The Sun is a star, it is Much Bigger than the Earth. It's probably thousands of times bigger than the Earth. Planets orbit around the Sun. One of those solar flares that leap out from the Sun like a flame from a fire is much bigger than the Earth.
Why is the planet not getting bigger?
The earth is not getting bigger because there are no factors to change the size.
Is the size of the earth getting bigger?
No
Why univers is getting bigger but earth not?
The universe is getting bigger because more and more objects are being discovered. The earth will never get any larger.
Is a star always smaller that earth?
A star is much bigger than earth.
Why does the Earth have 1 moon?
the Earth has a moon because while the earth was just a new planet, still forming, a big meteor hit earth and made a big dent somewhere... debris dust, and big chunks of earth flew into space. the pieces wandered around earth, the gravitational pull of earth kept it in an orbit. as the chunks and pieces flew around, they clumped together getting bigger and bigger. within weeks, our moon was formed. that's why the moon changes the tide level
Why isn't the earth getting bigger?
population wise, yes the world is not getting bigger its the population that's getting bigger. in India people have more children than people in the UK because in India the more children you have the more of a man you are
Is the diameter of the earth increasing?
No the diameter of earth is not getting bigger the axis of earth moved some inches because of what happened in japan
Is earth getting bigger or smaller?
In 2011 NASA published the results of a study showing no significant expansion of the Earth.
What if the moon kept getting closer to earth?
Bigger tides, more earthquakes and tsunamis etc.
Which is bigger the moon and the earth?
earth is bigger
Is the earth bigger or the moon?
Earth is bigger....
When was the start of the world?
The earth was made 158.7 trillion years ago due to cosmic astroids and meterors forming everything we can see today on the earth and later progressions of these chemicals reacting and forming this new world, altho the land scape is always changing this is no more than a esitmate on when the earth was made.
