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What would the world be like without the Earth's layers?
Question Date: 2015-05-29
Answer 1:

Life probably would not exist. The layering of the Earth is what is responsible for most of the Earth's geology, plate tectonics, and the formation of new rocks. Without these, all of the chemical nutrients in rocks would get used up, the atmosphere would crystallize out, and Earth would look like Mars.



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