Earth

  FIVE  OCEANS  

1. Pacific  Ocean  

2. Atlantic  Ocean  

3. Indian  Ocean  

4. Antarctic  Ocean  

5. Arctic  Ocean  

Almost  7o  percent  of  the  earth’s  water  is  in  the  oceans.  The  other  small  percentage  of  water  is  what  we  drink,  what  is  underground,  lakes  or  rivers.  

Origin  of  Name:  The  word  “earth”  is  derived  from  an  ancient  word  “eorthe“.  Eorthe  means  ground  or  dry  land.  The  earth  is  the  only  planet  in  the  solar  system  that  is  not  named  after  the  Roman  or  Greek  gods.  Earth  is  also  known  as  Globe  or  World.  Source:  http://www.yesiknowit.com  

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Katia  Martinez  3rd  Grade  

Mrs.  Anzaldua  

Planet   E A R T H

Planet  Earth  is  in  the  Milky  Way  Galaxy  

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Continents,  Bodies  of  Water  and  More  

Landforms  

Valley  -­‐  A  valley  is  a  hollow  or  surface  depression  of  the  earth  bounded  by  hills  or  mountains.  They  slope  down  to  a  stream,  lake  or  the  ocean,  formed  by  water  and/or  ice  erosion.  

Continents  There  are  7  continents.    They  are  North  America,  South  America,  Europe,  Asia,  Africa,  Australia,  and  Antarctica.  

Plateau -  A plateau is a large highland area of fairly level land separated from surrounding land by steep slopes.  

Mountain-­‐  mountains  are  created  by  tremendous  forces  in  the  earth  with  a  steep  top  usually  shaped  up  to  a  peak  or  ridge.  

Plains - Plains are broad, nearly level stretches of land that have no great changes in elevation.  

Glacier- A glacier is a huge mass of ice that flows slowly over land.

FACTS  Earth’s  population  is  greater  than  (>)  than  6,000,000,000  

people    

There  are  24  time  zones  –  we  are  in  the  Central  Time  Zone  

 Earth  is  the  5th  largest  planet-­‐

2,000,000  square  miles