Lec tu re 1 I N TRODUC TI ON TO EA RT HMajor Concept (I) T h e pla n et s in o u r solar s y s t em, including Earth, began to form o ut o f a r o t ating d is k of ga s and dust a bo ut 4、6 billion yea r s ago、 R elate d or supporting c on c epts:T he present v i e w o f the be g i n n i n g o f the so lar system suggest s tha t a c lou d of g as an d d ust w a s fl att e ne d i nto a d i sk by rota t ion、 T h e dens i t y of t he ma tter in th e disk w a s g r e at e s t a t i t s ce nte r and d e creased toward the edges、 T h e su n f o rm ed a t th e cente r of t h e disk w here the t em p e ratur e w as hi g hest and the p la nets f orm e d a t gre at er d i s t ances away f r o m the c e n t er、 Th e p o siti o ns of the pla n e t s di ff er be cause of a nat ur a l so r ting of e lements i n t he cl ou d with dista nc e from the center、 The t e m p e r a ture o f th e earl y Ear t h was p r o bably q uit e h igh due to: a、 the g r avit at ional c ap ture o f p artic l es t h a t re l eased he at o n impact, b、 t h e in c reas e d pressure o n t he i nt e rior of the pl a net as it continu ed to grow, a nd c、 th e c a p t ure o f r a d i o activ e e l e m ents th at ga v e o f f hea t when th e y de c a ye d、 During t he first fe w hun dred milli on ye a r s, the internal t e mp e r ature rose high e n ou...