What is Earth made of?

What is Earth made of?

​​The earth is made up of three different layers: the crust, the mantle and the core. This is the outside layer of the earth and is made of solid rock, mostly basalt and granite….The core.

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Does Earth have an anthem?

The “Earth Day Anthem” lyrics by William Wallace (and sometimes the original lyrics by Barbara George) are widely sung to the tune of “Ode to Joy” by Ludwig van Beethoven to celebrate Earth Day.

What is the most interesting thing on earth?

The 60 Most Interesting World Facts You’ll Ever Hear

• Glaciers and ice sheets hold about 69 percent of the world’s freshwater.
• The fastest gust of wind ever recorded on Earth was 253 miles per hour.
• Recent droughts in Europe were the worst in 2,100 years.
• The best place in the world to see rainbows is in Hawaii.

What are the main things to know about the Earth?

Earth plays host to deadly,exploding lakes. Why should science fiction and horror movies have all the fun?

And boiling rivers. Screen capture.

The planet is covered in stardust.

You can’t keep a good planet still.

It has some really cold spots.

And others that are as hot as Hades.

The high highs are really high.

And the low down is deep.

What are the best things about the planet Earth?

Air. Take a deep breath. What’s flowing into your lungs? Air,that’s what.

Water. If you want something else to consider,take a drink of water.

Land. But it doesn’t stop at air and water. The Earth has plate tectonics,which constantly cycles elements up and down the crust and pulls excess carbon dioxide out of

What are 5 facts about the earths crust?

Okay, so here are the 5 facts about earth’s crust. It has formed during to a process called fractionation while Earth was cooling down and solidifying during its formation. Thus, the composition of crust, mantle and core are different. The most dominant elements on Earth’s crust are as following order. Oxygen, silicon, aluminium, Iron and so on.

Do you know these facts about Earth?

⇒ Radius. The earth is not a perfectly spherical body,so it is a spheroid.

⇒ Volume. The volume of the earth is 1.08 ×1012 km3.

⇒ Mass.

⇒ Density.

⇒ Surface gravity.

⇒ Escape velocity.

⇒ Rotation.

⇒ Obliquity (axial tilt) Axial tilt is the reason for developing seasons on the earth.

⇒ Temperature.

⇒ Pressure.