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Minute Earth

Minute Earth: Where Did Earth's Water Come From?

9th - 10th
Unlike every other planet in the solar system, Earth's surface is 70% liquid water, which while useful for life, is strange because everything we know about how and when our planet formed says Earth should be bone dry. Watch and learn...
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Minute Earth

Minute Earth: Why Is It Hot Underground?

9th - 10th
During the Middle Ages miners began to notice that the deeper they dug into the Earth's surface the warmer it became. The physicist Kelvin came up with a theory that the Earth's started off hot and has been cooling down ever since....