Conceptual Integrated Science
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Author: Hewitt, Paul G., LYONS, Suzanne, (science Teacher), Suchocki, John, Yeh, Jennifer (jennifer Jean)
Publisher: PEARSON EDUCATION (COLLEGE)
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Chapter 28, Problem 105TE
If the bulk of water on Earth didn’t come from comets nor asteroids, then where did it come from?
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