The Earth Flashcards
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The sun
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The planets orbit around the sun. The sun is a huge ball in the middle of the earth and is made of extremely hot gas. About 4 million tons of gas is burned each second. This produces solar energy some of which reaches the earth to give it warmth and light
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The solar system
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Consists of sun and has eight planets
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Name the eight planets in order
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Mercury, Venus, earth, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune.
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Pluto
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In 2006 Pluto was made no longer a planet
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Earth
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The miracle plant, is home to 6 billion people.
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The structure of earth the crust
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Outer layer of skin is solid rock
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The mantle
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Underneath the crust, the hot and soft rock, molten rock
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The core
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Is the very inner bit, the centre of the earth
