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  PHYSICAL WORLD

Unique in the solar system, as far as scientists can tell, only our 4.6-billion-year-old planet supports life. Landmasses are surrounded by water, which covers seven-tenths of the globe.

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TECTONIC EARTH

Like a giant jigsaw puzzle in motion, sliding slabs of rocky crust known as tectonic plates form earth's outer shell. Over millions of years, these moving plates completely reshape the earth.

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