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Can someone please give me 10 facts?

about Earth

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  • Anonymous
    1 decade ago
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    1. 70% of the earth is covered in water

    2. Earth is the only planet known to have life

    3. The Earth's atmosphere extends out to 10,000 km

    4. Earth is mostly made of iron, oxygen, and silicon

    5.Earth is the 5th largest planet in the solar system

    6. Earth moves about 18.5 miles per second in orbit around the sun

    7. it was formed about 4.5 billion years ago

    8. the earth rotates over 1,000 MPH

    9. The crust of the earth is 7 miles thick

    10. 20% of the atmosphere is oxygen

  • Mal
    Lv 5
    1 decade ago

    Really? You can't just pick 10 facts about Earth? siigh..

    Earth is the third planet from the Sun.

    It is the fifth largest of the eight planets in the solar system

    It' the largest of the terrestrial planets (non-gas planets) in the Solar System in terms of diameter, mass and density

    The planet formed 4.54 billion years ago

    About 71% of the surface is covered with salt-water oceans

    Earth has a solid iron inner core

    Earth has one moon

    Surface area of Earth is 197 millions square miles

    Earth travels through space as 66,700 mph

  • Anonymous
    1 decade ago

    1. 3rd planet from the sun

    2. Age is 4 1/2 billion years

    3. Atmosphere is 79% nitrogen, 21% oxygen

    4. Has one moon

    5. Diameter is approximately 8,000 miles

    6. Gravity is 9.8 meters per second squared

    7. 98% of the water on earth is from the oceans (i.e., salt water)

    8. 1.6% of the water is locked up in the polar ice caps

    9. Human population is estimated to be 6.78 billion

    10. Asia is the largest continent

  • Lori
    Lv 5
    1 decade ago

    1. It's round

    2. there are continents

    3. there are oceans

    4. both can be seen from space

    5. there's an atmosphere

    6. the earth is like an onion

    7. it has layers

    8. people live there

    9. there's a moon

    10. we can see the sun

    awwww, I miss third grade :)

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