Nature Example
🌎
The Earth
.gif)
Credit: Wikimedia Commons. Click here for the license
Our home! Earth is the third planet from the Sun. It's a special, rocky planet because it's the only one we know of that has liquid water on its surface and is home to life.
Its shape:
The Earth is an approximately spherical body, which means it's shaped like a slightly squashed ball.
💡 Fun Facts
- The Earth is constantly in motion. It takes 365.25 days (one year) to make one full journey, or orbit, around the Sun.
- At the same time, it's constantly spinning on its axis (an imaginary line through its centre). This spinning is called rotation.
- From space, the Earth looks like a "blue marble" because about 70% of its surface is covered by oceans.