9 surprising facts about the Earth
12/3/2016
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Our home planet, Earth, is truly beautiful and amazing. Here are 9 incredible facts about the third planet from the sun.
#1
Humans explore the outer space, we have been to the Moon, we have a goal of sending humans to the Mars… Still, we have barely begun to visit the very depth of the Earth’s oceans!
#2
They move with the incredible speed of 17 thousand miles an hour (27,000 kilometers an hour)! Space junk, also known as space debris, includes old satellites, fragments from erosion and spent rocket stages.
#3
Without its natural satellite, our planet would experience wild climate changes and be unfit for any habitation.
#4
And it’s just a rough guess. The numbers are impressive – there are about seven quintillion, five hundred quadrillion grains of sand on our planet. Can you imagine how many stars exist in the universe?!
#5
The name Earth comes from Anglo-Saxons. The Anglo-Saxon word Erda meant “soil” or “ground”.
#6
Scientists believe everything is going to change in the next billion years.
#7
North pole is moving 10 miles northward every year.
#8
Mount Chimborazo in the Andes is shorter than Everest from sea level, but, in fact, it is 2.1 kilometres farther from the Earth's center than Everest. So, Chimborazo's peak is the closest point to space on the planet.
#9
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162 Comments
Don Carey
The North Pole can not move any more "north" than it currently is. It can move any other direction other than north.
William Laughlin
David Caldwell
Like the fact they say, "Here are 10 incredible facts about the third planet from the sun." yet list only 9?
Janice K Meno
The earth reflects the wisdom, power and greatness of its creator, Jehovah God. Also shows despite man's attempts to ruin it by abuse, commercialism and pollution it's still maintain by it's creator!!!
Danny More
What they have not said was. We have screwed the Earth up.
And sometime down the road. IT's going to screw us up big time.
Count on it!
Norma Guirola de Ferracuti
Number 4 is wrong, it should read: the moon makes the earth habitable.
dougwerner
Oh no the climate will change in a billion years? Wow scientists are so smart!!! Smh!!!
Julie Allen
William Laughlin, August 2022 They seem to have fixed that Now 9.
bina sarmah
Bruce Hogan, Yes, it is wrong. What is speed of falling nobody knows.
bina sarmah
Danny More, Climate has been changing since the beginning. The climate change summit makes more pollution than any other individual flying in private jet.
Caroline Weis
From the comments of years ago, I keep wondering why this quizz question didn't show up earlier on my browser.
Denny Quigley
There have been a number of times in earth's history where the north and south magnetic poles have swapped positions. We are 'due' f(in the next 2 or 3 thousand years for such a switch. Plus the moon would make the earth 'habitable' not 'inhabital'
alandwolcott
David Caldwell, 29,000 ft.
Richard E. Stone
Well then, if the Earth is the only planet not named for a Greek or Roman god, then who named the Earth, "Earth?"
John W Shreve
William Laughlin,and nzscubadiver, It says "9."
Wayne Roberts
With reference to the North Pole question it is the Magnetic pole that moves not True North!
It is accounted for on maps and charts used for Navigation.
June Hunter
Surely the moon makes the earth HABiTABLE!
nzscubadiver
Some odd comments here
1. Habitable & Inhabitable are one in the same, whereas uninhabitable means unable to support life
2. Someone said there were 10 facts, there is only nine, as per the heading.
3. The hole through the earth needs a rethink.
4. Researching the oceans is important of course, but looking after them is much more important for Humans to survive.
5. Can the North Pole really move more north??
6. The earth will be fine after we have screwed it up, all living beings will be obliterated but rest assured, the earth will keep spinning long after we’ve vacated it.
Pamela Spallin
I feel a lot of these are good guesses how do you know how many pieces of junk are going around the world in a day????
You could fall through the earth in 40 minutes how fast would you be going? Impossible I don’t think the gravity would let you fall that fast. Just a few things I question
Chris Taylor
The moon makes the earth habitable. Not inhabitable.
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