facts first presents eleven facts about
earth number one the Earth's rotation is
slowing down gradually the rotation of
the earth has been slowing down however
it happens very slowly studies have
shown that its rotation has slowed
approximately 17 milliseconds for every
100 years this slower rate will make our
days longer you don't need to worry
about seeing this in your lifetime now
it'll take up to a hundred and forty
million years for the length of a day to
increase by twenty five hours number two
the earth has its own magnetic field
because the core of the earth is made of
nickel and iron it can create a magnetic
field when you combine the Earth's core
and its rapid rotation process it
creates a strong magnetic field it is
this magnetic field that protects the
planet from the effects of solar winds
number three 70% of the earth's surface
is water the first time astronauts went
into space and looked down at the earth
they called it the blue planet this is
because 70% of the earth is covered by
water the remaining 30% is covered by
solid ground that is above sea level
grass rock and dirt are what made up the
remaining parts of the earth when it was
first seen from above number four the
earth is the only planet not named after
a god of all of the planets earth is the
only one not named after a god the
others were named after Roman gods or
goddesses the only planets that were
named during ancient times were Saturn
Jupiter Mars Venus and Mercury this is
because they were the only ones that
could be seen with the naked eye
after Neptune and Uranus were discovered
the Roman method of naming the planets
went into effect number five it was once
believed that the earth was at the
center of the universe because of the
movement of the Sun and the planets in
relation to where they could be seen
ancient scientists believed that the
Earth Stood Still and the other planets
as well as the Sun orbit
around it over time it was the view of
the Sun being at the center of the
universe
it was finally discovered that the earth
was never at the center of the universe
and neither is the Sun number six the
earth is not a perfect sphere many
people believe that the earth is a
perfect sphere but this is not the case
when the Earth spins gravity points
toward the center of the planet this
causes a force to push outward this
outward force gives the earth extra
masses of water and earth which creates
a bulge this bulge makes the earth more
of an oval not a perfect sphere number
seven the earth moves incredibly fast
while you're standing on the earth it is
spinning at over 1,000 miles per hour
what you may not know is that not only
is the earth spinning on its own it is
also moving around the Sun at the same
time at all times the Earth spins around
the Sun at 67,000 miles per hour
considering how fast the planet is
always moving it's surprising that we
can't feel the earth moving at all the
actual reason that we don't feel the
earth moving is because the speed is
constant it doesn't slow down or Excel
therefore you don't feel any motion the
movement of the earth is similar to you
being in a moving car if you're in that
vehicle on a smooth Road going the same
speed you don't feel the movement then
either number eight the earth is very
old since there is nobody alive who was
alive when the earth was first formed
scientists had to use the oldest rocks
and other items to determine how old the
planet actually is it's believed that
the earth was formed at the same time
the solar system was formed this would
make the earth about 4.5 4 billion years
old for years scientists have been
trying to dig up more and more artifacts
to pinpoint the actual date that the
earth was formed unfortunately this
might not be something that could ever
be done number 9 the hottest coldest and
bumpiest places on earth
earthquakes happen quite often however
most of them don't do much damage
the largest earthquake to ever shake the
US occurred on Good Friday March 28 1964
it was a magnitude of 9.2 and it struck
Prince William Sound Alaska the world's
largest earthquake occurred on May 22
1990 in Chile it was a magnitude of 9.5
the earth even has its own hotspot the
hottest spot on earth is in al-azizia
Libya where the record temperature hit
136 degrees on September 13 1922 this
data was collected from a weather
station the coldest place on earth is in
Antarctica during the winter the
temperature can drop to minus 100
degrees the lowest temperature ever
recorded on earth was at Russia's Vostok
weather station on July 21st 1983 the
temperature that day dropped down to
minus 128 point 6 degrees
number 10 the earth may have had two
moons at one time many scientists
believe there was once two moons it's
believed that there was a very small
second moon that was just 750 miles wide
and it orbited the earth with the larger
moon according to scientists the two
moons slammed into each other this huge
crash could explain why the two sides of
the moon looked so different because
there was nobody around way back then
we'll never know the truth we can only
go by what the scientists have
discovered and hypothesized number 11
pollution is killing the earth this is
one of the most frightening facts about
our earth recent studies have shown that
what the earth looked like from outer
space in 1978 will differ greatly with
what it will look like in 2060 6 this is
due to the way we are treating our
planet what was once a beautiful
Bluegreen white planet will one day look
brown grey and black from space it is
important that we make the necessary
changes now to keep this from happening
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