Why is Earth shaped like a ball?

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My 5 year old asked me this question and I was unable to explain why!

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Essentially because of gravity. Gravity pulls everything on and in the Earth towards the center of the Earth. The shape which has as much stuff as possible as close to the center as possible is a sphere, which is why the Earth (and pretty much all other large celestial bodies) is round.

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