JacobAppelhans

MissStanfield
LanguageArts
6March2015
HowTheEarthWasCreatedandHowlifeformsEvolved
Mostpeoplewouldthinkdinosaurswerethefirstlifeformsonearthbuttheirwrong.
Therearealsoseveraltheoriesabouthowearthwascreated.Whatscientistshave
discoveredwillblowthemindsofthoseinterestedinspaceandtime.
Dinosaurswerentthefirstlifeformsonearth.Scientistshavediscovered,about3
millionyearsagowhentheearthwasfirstcreated,therewereseveralonecelledcreatures
alreadylivingonit.Thosesinglecelledlifeformsevolvedintomulticellularorganismsand
someevenevolvedintoincrediblycomplexformswhichbegantofilltheocean.Oceancells
thenbegantoadapttolandconditionsandevolvedintocreatureswithlegs,alsoknownas
dinosaurs.Thedinosaurslivedformillionsofyearsuntilanunknownincidentwipedthemall
out.
Beforeanylifeformsinhabitedearth,(around4.6billionyearsago)thesolarsystem
wascreated.Thesolarsystemwascreatedbyacloudofdustthatturnedintoasolarnebula
andthengravitycollapsedthematerialsinonitselfandbeganspinning.Thesunwaswith
tonsofothermaterialsandtheremainingmaterialsbegantoclumpup.Smallparticlesdrew
togetherboundbyforcesofgravityandweremadeintolargerparticles.Solarwindthen
sweptawaythelighterelementssuchashydrogen,leavingonlytheheavyelements.Solar
windshadlessimpactonthelighterelementsallowingthemtocoalesceintogasgiants,then
moonsandplanetswerecreated.
Thestepstolifeformsevolving.Themulticellularorganismsdnachangestowhatthey

adaptedto.Thelifeformsdnachangedevolutionary,whichprovidesbetterchancesof
survival.Thelifeformreproducesthenewlyadaptedlifeformssotheirspecieshasabetter
chanceofsurviving.Thelifeformsbegantochangeovertimewhichallowedthemtodomany
thingsotherunadaptedlifeformscouldnot.
Thecontinentsweliveonnowwenttoaprocess.Thiswasaprocessofshifting
around,formingthecontinentsweknownow.Thereasonforthecontinentsmovingaroundis
platetectonics.Platetectonicsarelittleplatesunderearthssurfacewhichmovearound
underearthontopofthemantle.Thefirststeptotheformingofourcontinentswas,hundreds
ofsmallcrustpiecesweremovingaroundthesurfaceoftheearthbecauseofplatetectonics,
thisprocesstookmillionsofyears.Withthecrustpiecesmovingaroundtheycreatedisland
arcs,whicharesmallstringsofislands.Theislandarcsthenjoinedtogethertomakebigger
landmassesformingmultiplesupercontinents,theoneweknowbestisnamedPangaea.
Pangaeaeventuallysplitapartintosmallerlandmasseswhicharethecontinentsweknow
now.
Livingonpangaeaalongwithothercreatures,wasanapelikecreature.Theapelike
creaturewasconstantlymovinginsteadofstayingintrees.Theapelikecreature,becauseit
wasalwayswalking,evolvedtohavebiggerstrongerlegstowalkuprighton.Theapelike
creaturesdidntusetheirarmsasmuchtowalkanymorebecauseitwalkedupright,sothe
creatureevolvedtodoeverydaytasks.Asthecreaturekeptevolvingitkeptgettingsmarter.
Untilthecreaturewasabletocookfoodoverfiresandkeepfiresgoing.Thecreaturesfood
wasntaschewbecauseitwascookedandnotrawsoitevolved,whichgavethecreaturea
smallerjaw.Millionsofyearslaterhumanswereformed.
Fromtheearthscreationtohumanevolution,thecreationofearthtooklotsoftime
alongwithhumanevolution,itdidnthappenquickly.Iftheapelikecreatureswouldnthave

beenconstantlywalking,wemightnotbehere.Scientistshavefiguredout,waystocreate
thingsnow.Fromthecreationoftimetohumanswehavebecamemoreadvancedin
humanityandknowmoreaboutearthscreationsuchas,whatthedifferentlayersare,howit
wasformed,andtheestimateonlongittookforearthtoform.Thankstoscientistsweknow
allthesethingswemayhaveneverknownwithoutthem.

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