What would happen if the earth did not have gravity to hold the atmosphere close to

its surface?

A) Organisms living an the land would die but aquatic organisms would continue

to live.

O

B) The temperature of the earth would increase

C) The temperature of the earth would decrease.

D) Living organisms would die because of increased exposure to solar radiation.

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Lina Buchanan

23 March, 17:00

What would happen if the earth did not have gravity to hold the atmosphere close to

its surface?

A) Organisms living an the land would die but aquatic organisms would continue

to live.

O

B) The temperature of the earth would increase

C) The temperature of the earth would decrease.

D) Living organisms would die because of increased exposure to solar radiation.

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Catherine Barker · Answer 1

Answer:YES! B (I knew the answer but I wanted to add.)

Explanation:If the earth loses gravity only high density elements will remain. The rest, water, atmosphere, organic and unorganic

inhabitants of earth surface, will fall apart in to open space. Without the force of gravity to hold it together, the intense pressures at its core would cause it to burst open in a titanic explosion. Eventually there would be no clumps of matter, like stars or planets, anywhere in the Universe. There would just be a diffuse soup of atoms and molecules, drifting around not doing anything much.