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Features of earth 🌍 Flashcards

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Where do we live on?

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We live on a rocky ball called the Earth

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What is Earth?

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It is one of eight planets that move around the Sun

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What is the moon?

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The Moon is a smaller, rocky ball,it moves around the Earth

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What is the most of Earth covered by?

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Most of the Earth is covered by water

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What are between the large water surfaces?

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There are pieces of dry land in between the large water surfaces

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What is Earth covered by?

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Earth is covered by it’s own ‘blanket’ of air called the atmosphere

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What does the atmosphere help ?

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The atmosphere helps to keep the Earth warm and helps protect it from the dangerous rays of the Sun

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What is a feature?

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An interesting or noticeable part of something

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What is a sphere

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A round shape like a ball

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What is a surface?

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The outside part or top layer of something

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What is soil?

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Sand that has been mixed with dead plants or animals

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What is Earth’s water surface?

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Large areas of water that cover Earth’s rocky surface

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What are oceans?

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The largest of Earth’s saltwater surfaces

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What are seas?

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Smaller saltwater surfaces

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What are continents?

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One of seven large pieces of Earth’s land surface

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What is an island?

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A piece of land that is smaller than a continent and sorrounded by sea

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What is the atmosphere?

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The layer of air that sorrounded Earth

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A long time ago what did people believe about Earth?

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Along time ago people believed that the Earth was flat and that you could fall off the Edge

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Why did they believe this?

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They believed this because when they looked far into the distance,it seemed as if the Earth ended where it touched the sky

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What did today photograhs
Prove to us ?

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Today, photographs taken from space
prove to us that the Earth is not flat

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22
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What is the Earth made of?

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The Earth is made of rock

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23
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What happens at the centre of the Earth?

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At the centre of the Earth the rock is so hot it melts

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Describe how the surface if the Earth feels and what it is made of.

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The surface of the Earth is hard and is made of rock

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How is sand formed?

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The sand is formed from the rocky surface as it crumbles

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Is the rocky surface smooth?

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No the rocky surface is not smooth

27
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Where can the water only collect?

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The water can only collect in the parts that are hollowed out like a basin

28
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What is more than a half of Earth’s water covered by?

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It is covered by Water

29
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What does all this water make earth look like from space

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It makes the Earth blue

30
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What type of water covers most of Earth

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Salty Seawater

30
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What is earth called

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The blue planet

31
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What are the lands surfaces we can see called ?

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Continents or islands

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How many continents are there?

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7

33
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Where is south Africa located?

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South Africa is located at the very southern part of the African continent

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How far does the atmosphere extend above Earth’s surface?

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It extends about 600km above Earth’s surface

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What does Earth’s atmosphere contain?

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Earth’s atmosphere contains the gases that living things need to breathe

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What does this layer act like?

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It acts like a blanket

37
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Why?

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This helps to keep the Earth’s surface warm enough for living things to survive

38
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What do plants, animals and people all have?

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They all have places special places where there live (habitat)

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What is a planet?

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A large object that moves around a star

40
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What are stars ?

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Objects in space that give off their own light

41
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What is the sun

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A very bright star that gives off light and warmth to Planet Earth

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What is space?

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Unending darkness beyond Earth’s atmosphere

43
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What is the Moon?

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A cold ,round object that always moves around the Earth

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What is our Sun?

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Our Sun is a star

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What is Earth?

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Earth is a planet of the Sun

46
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What are Astronauts?

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Astronauts are people who travel into space in space shuttles

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How can we see the Sun?

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We can see the sun because it is a very big star even though it is far away

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When can we see the Sun?

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We can only see the Sun when our half of Earth is facing towards it

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How can we see the Moon?

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We can see the moon because it is our nearest object in space,the moon is always close to us

50
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Where does the moon get it’s light from?

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The moon is cold and dark but it gets its light from the sun,so when we are seeing a bright shiny moon ,we are seeing the light of the sun reflected from the Moon

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Why can we only see some of the stars in space?

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We can only see some of them as small lights because they are so far away

52
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Why can’t we see the stars during the day ?

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Stars shine all the time but we cannot see them during the day because the Sun is too bright

53
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What is the sun made of?

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The Sun is made of very hot gas

54
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What does the sun give out?

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The sun gives out heat and light energy

55
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What is Earth’s diameter compared to the Sun’s diameter?

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The Sun’s diameter is about 110 times bigger than the Earth’s diameter,Earth is a small dot compared to the Sun

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How far away is the sun from the Earth?

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The Sun is very far away,It is about 150 million kilometers,this distance is hard to imagine as there is no distance on Earth as nearly great as that

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Where does the Sun’s heat and light travel through in space?

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The Sun’s heat and light travel through space in all directions,some of it reaches Earth

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What would happen if the Sun did not provide heat and light to the Earth?

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Without the heat and light that the Sun provides,it would be very cold and dark on Earth,plants and animals will not survive

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