Planet Attributes
Earth is the 3rd planet from the sun (after Mercury and Venus).
It is the Most dense planet in our solar system, And is made of solid rock (mostly Iron).
It is the 5th largest planet out of 8 in our solar system.
Out of the 4 Terrestrial Planets it is the largest. (Terrestrial Planets means inner planets, so it is the largest inner planet)
Made up of what is left after the sun cooled
It is the Most dense planet in our solar system, And is made of solid rock (mostly Iron).
It is the 5th largest planet out of 8 in our solar system.
Out of the 4 Terrestrial Planets it is the largest. (Terrestrial Planets means inner planets, so it is the largest inner planet)
Made up of what is left after the sun cooled
Earth is only 4.5 billion years old, and it formed from products left from the solar nebula.
Earth formed violently and has a rocky hard body.
Earth's surface gravity is the highest out of the Terrestrial Planets.
It also has the strongest magnetic field and the fastest rotation.
Its shape is usually referred to as a round planet but actually it is a oblate spheroid, which means a sphere flattened along the axis, from pole to pole. That makes it have a bulge around the equator.
Not many planets have tectonic plates, non are like Earth's.
Its has 7 plates, there names are; Pacific Plate, African Plate, North American Plate, Euasian Plate Antartic Plate, Indo-Australian plate, and the South American plate.
Around 75% of the Earth's surface is water, only 3% of that is fresh water. The rest is salty. (salt water occurs from certain sediments mixing with the water over many years)
Even though the Earth is rocky 70.8% of its surface is water.
Under water there are many caverns and crevices from the erotion of billions of years.
75% of the Earth's continental curfaces are covered in sedimentary rock, and sediment.
Only 1/8 of the Earth is sudible for human habitation.
Earth formed violently and has a rocky hard body.
Earth's surface gravity is the highest out of the Terrestrial Planets.
It also has the strongest magnetic field and the fastest rotation.
Its shape is usually referred to as a round planet but actually it is a oblate spheroid, which means a sphere flattened along the axis, from pole to pole. That makes it have a bulge around the equator.
Not many planets have tectonic plates, non are like Earth's.
Its has 7 plates, there names are; Pacific Plate, African Plate, North American Plate, Euasian Plate Antartic Plate, Indo-Australian plate, and the South American plate.
Around 75% of the Earth's surface is water, only 3% of that is fresh water. The rest is salty. (salt water occurs from certain sediments mixing with the water over many years)
Even though the Earth is rocky 70.8% of its surface is water.
Under water there are many caverns and crevices from the erotion of billions of years.
75% of the Earth's continental curfaces are covered in sedimentary rock, and sediment.
Only 1/8 of the Earth is sudible for human habitation.