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Correct!
Most of our planet is covered by ocean. In fact, oceans cover over 75 percent of the Earth's surface. Oceans help spread warmth from hot to cold climates.
Moons: 1
Diameter: 7,900 miles
Location: 3rd planet from the Sun
Average Surface Temperature: 59 degrees
Average Distance from Sun: 93 million miles
Characteristics: the only known planet with living organisms, water, and an oxygen-rich atmosphere
Significance: It's the perfect place for life to thrive.
Oceans on Earth help control:
A lunar eclipse happens when:
Earth gets in between the Moon and the Sun
a dark storm cloud passes in front of the Moon
the Sun stops shining for one hour
Correct!
During a lunar eclipse, Earth gets between the Moon and the Sun. When this happens, the Earth casts a shadow on the Moon. A lunar eclipse only happens when the Moon is full.
The Earth's surface is dynamic, which means that it is a really great place to live.
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Fiction
The Earth is dynamic. It is always changing. The Earth's plates are always on the move. In fact, the Earth under your feet is moving almost as fast as your fingernails grow!
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Most of Earth's volcanoes are underwater where nobody can see them! A chain of volcanoes nearly 70,000 kilometers (43,500 miles) long circles through the Earth's oceans like seams in a baseball.
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Rosamond Kinzler, earth scientist