SOME MYSTERIES ABOUT THE EARTH: SOME THINGS MOST PEOPLE DO NOT KNOW ABOUT EARTH.

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I shall be identifying just five (5) here today and for the purpose of this post.
It is not as elaborate as should, just some definitions and personal views. However each mystery has been referenced for more study by the reader.

GEOMAGNETIC REVERSAL
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A geomagnetic reversal is an alteration of a magnetic field in a planet such that the position of the north and south are interchanged, yet leaving the geographic north and south unchanged.
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UNDERWATER MOUNTAIN RANGE
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A mid ocean system, as is best known as, is formed by plate tectonics. It consist of chain-linked kind of mountains in their numbers. It is also known as a rift running along its spine. They are mostly under water and found under the surface of the ocean.
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EARTH IS A BUMPY GLOBE
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The geologist Joe Meert says and I quote, “the greater a concentration os mass is, the stronger its gravitational pull or force, thereby creating bumps around the globe”.
I have always had this impression somewhere in my faculty of thoughts, that if the earth was really spherical, which parts account for the sea, ocean and water bodies generally?
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HOW DID LIFE ON EARTH BEGIN
Life on earth began more than 3 billion years ago, perhaps from the very minute microbes into an evolving specie of creatures over time. Science has made us believe life came about from preexistence, yet not been able to prove so far the how of pre-existence.
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EARTH USED TO BE PURPLE
From early study in science, it was believed that the early earth was purple, just like its green today
This is as a result of the claim that, ancient microbes might have used a molecule other than chlorophyll to receive the Sun’s rays, one that gave the organisms a violet hue.
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