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Short Answer Question:
How did the earth get its atmospheric blanket?
Solution
In the beginning, at the time of evolution of the planets, the earth was also a body of burning clouds of gases and dust. After the cooling process, the heavy elements subsided downwards and the gases floated upwards and formed the atmosphere around the earth like a blanket.
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