Facts about Planet Earth

* Diameter: 12,800 km.
* Atmosphere: Mainly nitrogen 78.084% Nitrogen, 20.946% Oxygen. The other small parts include Argon, Carbon Dioxide, Helium, Hydrogen, Methane.
* Natural Satellites: 1 - the Moon
* Earth Year: 365 days (rotation around the sun)
* Earth Day: 24 hours
* Surface: 71% of Earth's surface is covered in water.
* Temperature Range: -69?C to 58?C.
* Age: more than 4.5 billion years old.
* Average Distance from Sun: 149,597,870 km (93 million miles)
* Average distance from Earth to Moon: 384 000 km (238 607 miles). The Moon orbits Earth in 27.3217 days.
* Tilt: 23.45?/font>
* Orbits the Sun: Speed of 107,870 km per hour (67,027 miles) per hour.
* Name: Comes from old English and German.

The Earth consists of a gaseous atmosphere, the hydrosphere (all water on Earth), the lithosphere, mantle, and core. Water in the form of the oceans covers approximately 70% of the earth's surface. The remaining 30% is land. There are five contientnts: Eurasia (Europe and Asia), America (North and South Amererica), Africa, Antaractica and Australia.
1. Mount Everest is the highest point on the surface. 2. The largest volcano on earth is Mauna Loa volcano in Hawaii. 3. The longest river is the Nile River in Africa is 6,695 kilometers (4,160 miles) long. 4. The driest place on Earth is the Atacama Desert in Chile. 5. Grand Canyon is the world's largest canyon.

6. Caspian Sea is the largest lake in the world by size and volume. It is located between southeast