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Where do we live on?

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We live on a rocky ball called the Earth

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What is Earth?

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It is one of eight planets that move around the Sun

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What is the moon?

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The Moon is a smaller, rocky ball,it moves around the Earth

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What is the most of Earth covered by?

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Most of the Earth is covered by water

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What are between the large water surfaces?

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There are pieces of dry land in between the large water surfaces

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What is Earth covered by?

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Earth is covered by it’s own ‘blanket’ of air called the atmosphere

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What does the atmosphere help ?

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The atmosphere helps to keep the Earth warm and helps protect it from the dangerous rays of the Sun

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What is a feature?

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An interesting or noticeable part of something

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What is a sphere

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A round shape like a ball

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What is a surface?

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The outside part or top layer of something

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What is soil?

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Sand that has been mixed with dead plants or animals

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What is Earth’s water surface?

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Large areas of water that cover Earth’s rocky surface

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What are oceans?

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The largest of Earth’s saltwater surfaces

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What are seas?

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Smaller saltwater surfaces

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What are continents?

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One of seven large pieces of Earth’s land surface

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What is an island?

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A piece of land that is smaller than a continent and sorrounded by sea

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What is the atmosphere?

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The layer of air that sorrounded Earth

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A long time ago what did people believe about Earth?

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Along time ago people believed that the Earth was flat and that you could fall off the Edge

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Why did they believe this?

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They believed this because when they looked far into the distance,it seemed as if the Earth ended where it touched the sky

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What did today photograhs
Prove to us ?

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Today, photographs taken from space
prove to us that the Earth is not flat

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What is the Earth made of?

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The Earth is made of rock

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What happens at the centre of the Earth?

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At the centre of the Earth the rock is so hot it melts

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Describe how the surface if the Earth feels and what it is made of.

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The surface of the Earth is hard and is made of rock

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How is sand formed?
The sand is formed from the rocky surface as it crumbles
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Is the rocky surface smooth?
No the rocky surface is not smooth
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Where can the water only collect?
The water can only collect in the parts that are hollowed out like a basin
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What is more than a half of Earth's water covered by?
It is covered by Water
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What does all this water make earth look like from space
It makes the Earth blue
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What type of water covers most of Earth
Salty Seawater
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What is earth called
The blue planet
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What are the lands surfaces we can see called ?
Continents or islands
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How many continents are there?
7
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Where is south Africa located?
South Africa is located at the very southern part of the African continent
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How far does the atmosphere extend above Earth's surface?
It extends about 600km above Earth's surface
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What does Earth's atmosphere contain?
Earth's atmosphere contains the gases that living things need to breathe
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What does this layer act like?
It acts like a blanket
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Why?
This helps to keep the Earth's surface warm enough for living things to survive
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What do plants, animals and people all have?
They all have places special places where there live (habitat)
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What is a planet?
A large object that moves around a star
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What are stars ?
Objects in space that give off their own light
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What is the sun
A very bright star that gives off light and warmth to Planet Earth
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What is space?
Unending darkness beyond Earth's atmosphere
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What is the Moon?
A cold ,round object that always moves around the Earth
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What is our Sun?
Our Sun is a star
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What is Earth?
Earth is a planet of the Sun
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What are Astronauts?
Astronauts are people who travel into space in space shuttles
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How can we see the Sun?
We can see the sun because it is a very big star even though it is far away
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When can we see the Sun?
We can only see the Sun when our half of Earth is facing towards it
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How can we see the Moon?
We can see the moon because it is our nearest object in space,the moon is always close to us
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Where does the moon get it's light from?
The moon is cold and dark but it gets its light from the sun,so when we are seeing a bright shiny moon ,we are seeing the light of the sun reflected from the Moon
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Why can we only see some of the stars in space?
We can only see some of them as small lights because they are so far away
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Why can't we see the stars during the day ?
Stars shine all the time but we cannot see them during the day because the Sun is too bright
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What is the sun made of?
The Sun is made of very hot gas
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What does the sun give out?
The sun gives out heat and light energy
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What is Earth's diameter compared to the Sun's diameter?
The Sun's diameter is about 110 times bigger than the Earth's diameter,Earth is a small dot compared to the Sun
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How far away is the sun from the Earth?
The Sun is very far away,It is about 150 million kilometers,this distance is hard to imagine as there is no distance on Earth as nearly great as that
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Where does the Sun's heat and light travel through in space?
The Sun's heat and light travel through space in all directions,some of it reaches Earth
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What would happen if the Sun did not provide heat and light to the Earth?
Without the heat and light that the Sun provides,it would be very cold and dark on Earth,plants and animals will not survive

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