Knowledge pegs Flashcards
Distance from Earth to Mars (at its closest)
34 million miles;
54 million km
The Moon from the Earth
239, 000 mi
384, 000 km;
If the Earth is a pea, then the moon is a grain of couscous, 15cm away.
Distance from Earth to Sun
94 million mi
151 million km
Distance from London to Paris
210 mi
340 km;
Distance from London to New York
3,500 miles
5,500 km;
Distance from London to Edinburgh
330 miles
530 km;
Area of the world’s landmass (though that’s only 29% of the Earth’s surface.)
149 million km²
Area of Essex
3, 700 km²
Area of Wales
21, 000 km²
Area of England
130, 000 square km
Area of UK
242, 000 square km
Area of California
424 000 square km
Area of Texas, but only 40% the size of Alaska.
696 000 km²
Area of Greenland
2.2 million km²
Area of Sudan, largest country in Africa.
1.9 million km²
Area of Amazon rainforest.
(Brazil’s got 60%)
5.5 million km²
Australia size
7.7 m km²
Area of Brazil
8.5 million km²
Area of China
9.6 m km²
Area of Russia
17.1 m km²
Latitude of Beijing
59 N
Latitude of Johannesburg
26 S
Latitude of Sydney
34 S
Latitude of Kingston, Jamaica
18 N
Latitude of Cairo, Egypt
30 N
Latitude of Fukuoka
33 N
Latitude of Tokyo
35 N
Latitude of Sicily
37 N
Latitude of Washington
39 N
Latitude of New York
40 N
Latitude of Rome
42 N
Latitude of Toronto
43 N
Latitude of Paris
48 N
49 th parallel (Latitude)
DMZ of N & S Korea
Latitude of London & Calgary
51 N
Latitude of Edinburgh
55 N
Height of Everest
8,849 m
Burj Khalifa
830m
Height of the Shard
310m
Height of Big Ben
96m
Height of St Paul’s
108 m
Height of Great Pyramid of Giza
147 m
(now 139m)
Height of 1 Canada Square (Canary Wharf)
244 m
(some say 235m)
Height of Eiffel Tower (with spire)
324 m
Height of Ben Nevis
1,345 m

Height of Mount Fuji
3,776 m
Height of Kilamanjaro
5,895 m
Light-year
- 9 trillion miles
- 5 trillion kilometres
Nearest star system (Alpha Centauri) is 4.3 light-years from Earth
How long / far to Bridlington?
5hrs and 200 miles
How long / far to Welsh campsite?
4hrs 50 mins and 185 miles
How long / far to Lake District?
6.5 hrs and 275 miles to Lake District
Hiroshima bomb was
15 kilotons TNT
150 railroad cars of TNT