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UNIQUE OF THE EARTH Flashcards

1
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who quoted “Scientists have found thousands of other worlds, but they’re not like Earth”.

A

Meghan Bartels, Clara Moskowitz published December 18, 2021

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who categorized the 6 unique characteristics of earth

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Meghan Bartels, Clara Moskowitz published December 18, 2021

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what are the 6 unique characteristics which make earth unique by Meghan Bartels, Clara Moskowitz published December 18, 2021

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✓SIZE AND LOCATION
✓FRIENDLY NEIGHBORS
✓A WATERY WORLD
✓PLATE TECTONICS
✓HABITABILITY AND BEAUTY
✓DIFFERENT WORLDS

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5
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it is the third planet from the sun

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earth

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6
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orbiting at an average of _______
miles (149,597,870 kilometers) away

A

92,955,807
miles

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7
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what unique characteristic of earth is this
third planet from the sun
* orbiting at an average of 92,955,807
miles (149,597,870 kilometers) away
* The pairing of planet and star also
allows Earth to retain liquid water
on its surface.

A

SIZE AND LOCATION

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8
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it stabilizes our planet’s
rotation

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earth’s moon

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9
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preventing drastic movements of the
poles that would cause massive changes
in climate

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FRIENDLY NEIGHBORS

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10
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is also a key player

A

Jupiter

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11
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also shapes conditions on the
surface by creating the ocean’s tides.

A

The moon

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12
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acts as a sort of celestial vacuum
cleaning up the debris that clutters the
solar system — rocks as small as cars
and as huge as moons that would
dramatically change Earth’s surface if
they impacted.

A

Jupiter

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13
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most strikingly unique feature of Earth
is its vast oceans

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A WATERY WORLD

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14
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water covers about how many percent of earth?

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70%

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15
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only world in our solar system with
liquid water at its surface today

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earth

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16
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what unique characteristic of earth is this?
most strikingly unique feature of Earth
is its vast oceans
* cover 70% of the planet’s surface
* only world in our solar system with
liquid water at its surface today

A

A WATERY WORLD

17
Q

slip-sliding movements of Earth’s crust
that are thought to have shaped the
planet’s towering mountain ranges and
plummeting ocean depths

A

plate tectonics

17
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what unique characteristic of earth is this?
system of plate tectonics
* the slip-sliding movements of Earth’s crust
that are thought to have shaped the
planet’s towering mountain ranges and
plummeting ocean depths
* Meanwhile, plate tectonics keep the
planet’s temperature regulated, remaining
in temperature ranges at which liquid water
can endure.

A

plate tectonics

17
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keep the
planet’s temperature regulated, remaining
in temperature ranges at which liquid water
can endure.

A

plate tectonics

18
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  • only world known to host living beings
    Examining how that life is possible isn’t
    just glorying in our luck to share the
    planet with everything from amoebas to
    elephants and from oaks to zebrafish.
A

Host For Living Organisms

19
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hosts intelligent life — and life
capable of studying the galaxy around us
— makes it doubly unique.

A

Earth

20
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an astrophysicist and planet
hunter now at Yale University, told
Space.com in 2008 that he believes
these achievements too should be
credited to our planet.

A

Gregory
Laughlin,

21
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That Earth hosts intelligent life — and life
capable of studying the galaxy around us
— makes it doubly unique.

A

HABITABILITY AND BEAUTY

22
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it is When the Earth during a
revolution is far from the Sun

A

Aphelion

23
Q

When the Earth during a
revolution is near the Sun

A

Perihelion

24
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THE EARTH’S SEASONS

A

WINTER

SPRING

SUMMER

AUTUMN

25
Q

Begins on the 21st
until the 22nd day of
December. Nights are
longer compared to
days. The longest
night occurs every
22nd day of June in the
South while the 22nd
day of December in
the North.

A

WINTER

26
Q

Begins on the 20th or
21st day of March in
the Northern
Hemisphere. The
daytime and night
time of the Earth is
the same as 12 hours.

A

SPRING

27
Q

Begins on the 20th
until the 22nd day of
June. The Northern
Hemisphere is
directly exposed to
the Sun hence, days
become warmer and
longer.

A

SUMMER

28
Q

Begins on the 22nd or
23rd day of
September. The Sun is
directly above the
equator in the
Northern Hemisphere.
There is a 12-hour
days and nights all
over the globe.

A

AUTUMN

29
Q

the most accurate
type of timepiece in the
world
- designed to measure
time according to
vibrations within atoms

A

Atomic clock

30
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