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water ______________ Basically, gravity shapes the earth. During the time that it was acquiring more and more mass from the disk of materials in its path, it reached a point where simply by the weight of its own components it began to collapse into a shape that was more and more sphere-like. This in fact is one of the requirements for a body to be considered a planet. In terms of erosion, water wind heat microorganisms plant and animal life all play a part in shaping certain aspects of the surface. But the fundamental shape of the earth is under the control of gravity.

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The gravitational magnetic field surrounding the earth is what shaped the Earth into a perfect sphere. Others argue that God shaped the Earth.

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