The Greatest Facts on Earth

[nandi]

The Greatest Facts on Earth

FAST FACTS about EARTH:

[Wheat]# circumferance: 24,901.5 miles
# diameter: Nearly 8,000 miles
# surface area: 196,935,000 sq miles
# percent of earth's ocean approximatly 70% *
# percent of earth's land: approximatly 30%
# highest point:Mt Everest 29, 028 above sea level
# lowest point: Dead Sea 1,302 below sea level
* of the 70 percent of water; 97 percent is salt water, 3 percent is fresh water[/COLOR]

The EARTH is made of the following CHEMICAL ELEMENTS:

[Wheat] * oxygen 46.6 %
* aluminum 8.1
* iron 5
* sodium 2.8
* magnesium 2.1
* calcium 3.6
* potassium 2.6
* silicon 27.7
* other 1.5[/COLOR]

Here is an example of how long it takes garbage to break down:

[Wheat] * plastics take 500 years
* aluminum cans take 500 years
* organic materials take 6 months
* cotton, rags, and paper take 6 months.[/COLOR]

[color=color=#87CEEB]Other Interesting FACTS:[/color]


[Wheat] * Earth is referred to as the BLUE PLANET. WHY? Because from space,
the oceans combined with our atmosphere make our planet look blue.
* Earth is estimated to be 3-5 Billion Years old.
* Earth is estimated to weigh 6,585,600,000,000,000,000,000 tons.
* The area of the earth is almost 200 million square miles.
* Earth travels through space at 66,700 miles per hour.
* Earth's oceans are an average of 2 Miles deep.
* Earth's rotation on its axis makes a day at 24 hours...
* Earth's orbit around the sun makes a year at nearly 365 and 1/2 days
* Earth is tipped at 23 and 1/2 degrees in orbit. That axis is what causes our seasons.
* Antarctica is the coldest place on earth. The continent is almost entirely covered in ICE !
* Only 11 percent of the earth's surface is used to grow food.
* Breeze carries about 100 Million tons of sand particles around the earth yearly.
* That means if you live in America-you could have Sand that came from the Gobi desert in China.[/COLOR]

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