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HiThe Solar system
• The solar system is the sun and all the objects that orbit or revolved around it.
• The sun is orbited by planets, asteroids, meteorites and comets.
• the sun has the most gravity
• a planet must Orbit the sun
• planets are in spherical shapes
• because of push pull effect the planets do not get too close to the sun or two far away from it.
• Comets, asteroids, and meteorites have several things in common
• comets are small and dedicated
• Asteroids are mostly made of rocks
• An asteroid is a large rock in outer space
• Meteoroids are pieces of rocks moving through space
• A Meteoroids is smaller than an asteroid or a comet
• Jupiter, saturn, uranus and neptune are called as gas planets.
• Gas planets are bigger than the terrestrial planets
• In 2006 pluto was declared as a dwarf planet
• Eight planets have 162 known moons.
• Moon revolves around their respective planets.
• The planet earth has a moon
• The earth’s moon is made of rock
• Moon ad no atmosphere
• the creation of our solar system took place billions of years from now
• a large cloud of gas and dust called a Nebula
• The Spinning was caused by the basic laws of motion
• Smaller parts of dust and gas started spinning
The continents
• The earth surfaces are made of land mass and water bodies.
• From 16th century the English noun continent was & derived from the Latin teera continents.
• A continent is a large continuous area of land on earth
• A continent is one of several large landmasesso earth. 0
• Two thirds of the continental land ma’s is located in the northern hemisphere
• Subcontinent have a certain geographical or political independence for the rest of the continent
• Asia is the world’s largest and most populous continent, located primarily in the northern
hemisphere.
• Asia covers 8.7%ofbthe earth’s total surface area or 30%of its land area.
• During the 20th century Asia’s population nearly quadrupled.
• Asia is traditionally defined as part of the landmass of Eurasia.
• Asia is the central and Eastern part of Eurasia, comprising forty eight countries.
• Asia is joined to Africa by the Suez canal and to Europe by a longer border generally following
the Ural mountains.
• the mean evolution of the continent Asia is 950 m from the sea level.
• The plateau and mountainous areas broadly sweep SW-NE across Asia.
• Asia includes a large number of islands, named borneo and Sumatra.
• the world's most populated islands name is Java and honshu.
• Asia are the Origins of all the famous religious of the world.
• Africa is the world's second largest and second most populous continent after Asia.
• the area of Africa is 30370000 square kilometres
• Africa accounts for about 14.72% of the world's human population.
• The continent Africa has 54 sovereign states.
• modern human were found in Ethiopia being dated to 200000 years ago.
• North America is the third largest continent area. North America continent is 24709000 square
kilometres.
• There are 23 countries in the North America continent it contents about 4.8% of earth surface
and about 16.5% of the land area.
• the Americas are usually accepted as having been named after the Italian Explorer Amerigo
vespucci.
• more than 20% of earth’s oxygen is produced in Amazon.
• Amazon is called Lungs of the planet
• there are no countries in Antarctica.
• the size of the Antarctica continent is about 14 million square kilometres.
• Antarctica is the coldest driest and windiest continent.
• Antarctica is considered as a coldest desert with annual precipitation of only 200 mm.
• there are no permanent human residence in Antarctica.
• only cold adapted organisms survive in Antarctica.
• Russia is this largest and Vatican is the smallest country in Europe.
• Europe is a third most populous continent after Asia and Africa.
• ancient Greece is the birthplace of western culture.
• between 16th and 20th centuries, European Nations controlled the Americas most of Africa,
Australia and largest portion of Asia.
• Australia is the 7th and smallest continent and 6th largest country in the world.
• Australia is the smallest of the world's seven continents.
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• Australia is a continent and a country.
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• Australia is too big to be classified as an island.
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• the world's largest island is Greenland.
• Australia and Antarctica are separated d from all other continents by water.
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• Sometimes Australia us also referred as Oceania.
• Oceania is a region centered on the islands of the tropical Pacific Ocean
The planet earth-ou Home

• The planet earth is our home PLANET.
• planet earth is also called our world
• the EARTH is home to animals plants birds and people.
• Earth is the only planet in the solar system where life can exist.
• In the earth a thin layer of atmosphere separates us from the ininhabitale space.
• Earth is much larger than Mercury, Venus, Mars and dwarf planet Pluto.
• Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus and Neptune are the largest planets then earth in the solar system.
• the earth is a satellite called the moon
• the moon moves around the earth. there is no atmosphere in the moon.
• the earth looks like a huge ball.
• The shape of the earth is a Sphere.
• Earth has a bulge at the centre.
• the top and the bottom ends of the earth are called the North pole and the South Pole.
• The earth is made up of complex sections.
• The earth comprises land, water and air.
• The combination of land, water and air makes our lives possible in the earth.
• The earth looks blue because of water.
• The earth is known as blue planet or the watery planet.
• The part of the earth’s surface is called the lithosphere.
• Large land masses on the earth called continents
• the continents are separated from each other by oceans.
• the lithosphere is the solid, Rocky crust covering entire planet.
• some parts of the earth the north pole and the South Pole are always covered r with ice.
• A blanket of air surrounds the earth, which is not visible.
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