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The Earth: conditions for life, rotation and revolution.

par elvira lopez rivera
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The Earth is our planet .
It is the planet from the Sun .
It is the - largest planet in the Solar System .
It is a sphere , but it is slightly flattened at the .
It has a solid with mountains , valleys , plains , etc .
It is the only known planet with large amounts of liquid .
It is the only planet known to support .

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Life on Earth
The Earth is the only planet in the Solar System with the conditions for to exist . These conditions are :
The from the Sun is just right for water to remain in a liquid state . The is not too hot and not too cold .
Liquid is essential for all life on Earth .
It covers more than 70% of the Earth's surface . Most of it is salt water in the .
The is the layer of gases that surrounds the Earth . It keeps the Earth's surface at a comfortable temperature . It contains the that we breathe .


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Movements of the Earth
The Earth moves in two different ways .
It spins on its and it travels around the .

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Rotation
The Earth spins or rotates on its own .
The Earth takes one ( about 24 hours ) to complete one spin .
Day and night are caused by the Earth's .
? It is on the side of the Earth that faces the Sun .
? It is - time on the side that faces away from the Su n

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Revolution
The Earth orbits or revolves around the .
The Earth takes one ( about 365 days ) to complete one around the Sun .
occur because the Earth's axis is tilted and it always points in the same direction .
? In , the Northern Hemisphere is tilted away from the Sun .
? In , the Northern Hemisphere is tilted towards the Su n