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Understanding Earth's Evolution: Water, Life, and the Moon's Origins

This chapter explores the intricate structure and evolution of Earth, focusing on the vital role water and life play in shaping our planet. It delves into theories surrounding the origin of water and air, the emergence of life, and the potential for abiotic generation of amino acids in space. Additionally, the chapter provides a comparative analysis of the Earth and its solitary moon, covering their dimensions, mass, and hypotheses regarding the Moon's origin. Join us in discovering the interconnectedness of Earth's elements and celestial relationships.

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Understanding Earth's Evolution: Water, Life, and the Moon's Origins

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  1. Ch.2. • Earth: The planet of water & life From http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_Y9ucDp_oGA8/SAejGbW-_eI/AAAAAAAABjA/F3rAo_hX1vI/s1600-h/Sunset-on-Seascale-Beach.jpg

  2. The Earth’s structure From http://www.uwsp.edu/geo/faculty/ritter/glossary/a_d/asthenosphere.html

  3. The Earth’s evolution • Origin: homogeneous vs. sequentially aggregated Earth • Origin of water and air : from self evolution vs. grabbing planetesimal/cometesimal • Appearance of life: abiotic spontaneous generation? Cosmogenic? • Oxygen • Present Earth

  4. From http://geodynamics.rice.edu/tobias.hoeink/index.php?page=research

  5. From http://www.sciencephoto.com/media/168543/enlarge

  6. The origin of life? Figure: Amino acids, the 'building blocks' of life, may form in dust grains in the space between the stars. (c) ESA 2002. From http://www.astrobiologia.pl/eana/originoflife.html

  7. From http://www.astro.wisc.edu/~townsend/static.php?ref=diploma-9

  8. Ch.2. • Moon: The only satellite of the Earth From http://sos.noaa.gov/datasets/solar_system/moon.html

  9. The comparison of Moon with Earth • EarthMoon • Mean diameter 12,742 km 3,476 km • Volume 1.08321 x 1012 km32.199 x 1010 km3 • Mass 5.9736 x 1024 kg 7.349 x 1022 kg • Mean density 5.515 3.342 • Surface gravity 9.78 m/s2 1.62 m/s2 • Escape velocity 11.2 km/s 2.38 km/s • Visual albedo 0.367 0.12 • Visual magnitude     -3.86 +0.21

  10. The hypotheses of the origin of the Moon • Fission • Capture • Co-accretion • Gigantic impact From http://www.astronomynotes.com/solarsys/s13.htm

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