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Earth is the only planet in the solar system with water Earth is the only planet that has earthquakes and volcanoes

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Page 1: Earth Sun and Moon

Earth is the only planet in the solar system with

water

Earth is the only planet that has

earthquakes and volcanoes

Page 2: Earth Sun and Moon

The sun is the closest star to the earth

Without the sun there would be no life on

earth

The sun is the largest thing in our solar

system

The Sun appears to have been active for 4.6

billion years

Page 3: Earth Sun and Moon

The Moon takes about 27 days (27 days, 7

hours, 43 minutes, 11.6 seconds) to go all the way around the Earth

and return to its starting position.

Page 4: Earth Sun and Moon

2006 Turkey Solar Eclipse

Page 5: Earth Sun and Moon

How a Solar Eclipse is formed

When the moon covers the sun it forms a Solar Eclipse

Page 6: Earth Sun and Moon

The earth is the 5th biggest planet in our solar system

Earth is the only planet with life that we know of.

Earth is 70.8% Water and 29.2% Land

Earths distance from the sun is 93 million miles

Page 7: Earth Sun and Moon

Earths moon is called Lunar

When Alan Sheppard was on the moon, he hit a golf ball and drove it 2,400 feet, nearly one half a mile.

The moon is not a planet, but a satellite of the Earth.

Page 8: Earth Sun and Moon

The sun is made of burning hot gas

Our sun has an expected lifetime of about 11 billion years.

No solar eclipse can last longer than 7 minutes 58 seconds because of the

speed at which the sun moves.

Page 9: Earth Sun and Moon

Created by Logan Thompson