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THE EARTH: INSIDE AND OUT

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Page 1: Our solar system contains the sun plus the 9 (or 8) planets and other celestial bodies.  The earth is the third planet from the sun, approximately

THE EARTH: INSIDE

AND OUT

Page 2: Our solar system contains the sun plus the 9 (or 8) planets and other celestial bodies.  The earth is the third planet from the sun, approximately

THE SOLAR SYSTEM

Our solar system contains the sun plus the 9 (or 8) planets and other celestial bodies.

The earth is the third planet from the sun, approximately 93 million miles away.

Comets – chunks of ice and dust in space

Asteroids – large chunks of rocky material

Page 3: Our solar system contains the sun plus the 9 (or 8) planets and other celestial bodies.  The earth is the third planet from the sun, approximately
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THE STRUCTURE OF THE EARTH

The earth is about 24,900 miles around, and 7,930 miles in diameter (5th largest planet in our solar system)

Core – solid metallic center Mantle – soft layer of molten rock Crust – thin layer of rock at the surface Magma – where the mantle melts the

bottom of the crust

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HOW IS THE EARTH LIKE AN APPLE?

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LANDFORMS

Landforms – the natural features of the Earth’s surface

Include mountains, hills, plateaus, plains, valleys, canyons, rivers, lakes, etc.

The most visible landforms are the continents

Continental shelf – the part of a continent that extends underwater

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LANDFORMS

Highest point on Earth: Mount Everest – 29,035 feet above sea level

Lowest (dry land) point on Earth: Shore of the Dead Sea – 1349 feet below sea level

Lowest point on Earth: Mariana Trench – 35,827 feet below sea level

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MOUNT EVEREST

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DEAD SEA

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