ASTONISHING EARTH FACTS

EARTH IS THE ONLY PLANET NOT NAMED AFTER

A GOD. THE OTHER PLANETS IN OUR SOLAR

SYSTEM ARE ALL NAMED AFTER ROMAN GODS

OR GODDESSES

AT EARTH´S INNER CORE, THE TEMPERATURE MAY

REACH UP TO 6,000 C (10,830 F), WHICH IS MORE THAN

THE TEMPERATURE ON THE SUN´S SURFACE (ABOUT

5,500 C OR 9,940 F)

EVERY DAY, ABOUT 100 TONS OF DUST-SIZED MICRO

METEOROIDS ENTER EARTH´S ATMOSPHERE

90% PERCENT OF ALL VOLCANIC ACTIVITY OCCURS

IN THE OCEANS. IN 1993, SCIENTISTS LOCATED THE

LARGEST KNOWN CONCENTRATION OF ACTIVE

VOLCANOES ON THE SEA FLOOR IN THE SOUTH

PACIFIC. THIS AREA, THE SIZE OF NEW YORK

STATE, HOSTS 1,133 VOLCANIC CONES AND

SEA MOUNTS

THE WORLD'S LONGEST MOUNTAIN RANGE IS

FOUND ON THE BOTTOM OF THE SEA. KNOWN AS

THE MID-OCEAN RIDGE, THE UNDERWATER CHAIN OF

VOLCANOES SPANS ABOUT 40,400 MILES (65,000 KM)

ACROSS THE WORLD OCEAN BOTTOM

SCIENTISTS ESTIMATE FROM 100 TO 115 BILLION

PEOPLE HAVE LIVED ON EARTH SO FAR. THE WORLD'S

CURRENT POPULATION IS 7.3 BILLION WITH CHINA AND

INDIA ACCOUNTING FOR ALMOST A THIRD OF IT

FLOATING IN THE PACIFIC OCEAN, THERE IS SOMETHING

KNOWN AS THE EIGHTH CONTINENT AKA THE GREAT

PACIFIC GARBAGE PATCH. IT'S ESTIMATED TO BE

TWICE THE SIZE OF THE US AND IT'S MADE

ENTIRELY OUT OF GARBAGE

FLOWING THROUGH 11 AFRICAN COUNTRIES,

THE NILE IS THE LONGEST RIVER ON EARTH.

A PRIMARY WATER SOURCE FOR EGYPT AND SUDAN,

THE RIVER IS 6,853 KM (4,258 MILES) LONG

ALTHOUGH EARTH APPEARS IMMENSELY BIG TO US,

IT CAN FIT IN THE SUN 1.3 MILLION TIMES