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according to one theory, earth’s moon accreted to form its current structure following a giant impact between earth and another celestial body. complete the paragraph to describe the process of accretion.

following the impact, a section of earth broke off. as a result, large pieces of debris started to revolve around earth. the debris was held close to earth by earth’s the debris frequently collided to form a planetesimal. as the planetesimal grew in size, its gravity increased. this gravitational force pulled in even more , which led to the accretion of the moon.

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1) atmosphere
2) rotational motion
3) gravity
4) oceans

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1) matter
2) gravity
3) atmosphere
4) theories