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What is the earth's circumference at the equator?
24,901.55 miles
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What is the earth's circumference between the north and south poles?
24,859.82 miles
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What is the earth's diameter at the equator?
7,926.28 miles
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What is the earth's diameter at the poles?
7,899.80 miles
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What is the average distance from the earth to the sun?
93,020,000 miles
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What is the average distance from the earth to the sun?
238,857 miles
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What is the point farthest from the center of the earth?
The peak of the volcano Chimborazo in Ecuador at 20,561 feet
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age of the earth
4.5 to 4.6 billion years
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Atmosphere content:
77% nitrogen, 21% oxygen, and traces of argon, carbon dioxide, and water
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revolution around the sun
365.2425 days
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chemical composition of the earth
34.6% iron, 29.5% oxygen, 15.2% Silicon, 12.7% magnesium, 2.4% nickel, 1.9% sulfur, and 0.05% titanium
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Smalles Caribbean island
Saint mArtin /2
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Smaller islands of PR
mona, monito, vieques, culebra, caja de muerto, desecheo
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greater antilles
cuba, la hispaniola, jamaica, and PR
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Largest carribean island
Cuba
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Smallest graeter antille
PR
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4 hemispheres
north, south, western, eastern
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squares in maps to find location
grids
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imaginary line that divides earth in N and S hemisphere
equator
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divides earth into W and E hemispheres
prime meridian
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Tropic of capricorn 23.5 S and tropic of cancer 23.5 N
Ew lines
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explain content of map
symbols and colors
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7 continents
NA<SA<AUSTRALIA< AFRICA< ASIA< ANTARTICA< EUROPE
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high and low
cola and warmer
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equator has
tropical climate
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height aboe sea level
a factor that effects the climate of an area
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part of earth covered in ice
1/10
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US states with most national parks
AL and Cali 8
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Indian word meaning big village
Canada
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hottest temp
Azizia in Libya with 136º
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Only continent w/out deserts
europe
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46% of water in earth
Pacific ocean
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Only US state growing coffee
hawaii
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6 smallest countries
Vatican city, Monaco, NAuru, tuvulu, San Marino, and liechtenstein
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volcanoes as part of landscape
COSTA Rica
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only desert continent
ANtartica
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head of GW<TK<TR<AL
mount rushmore
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driest inhabited place in worl
aswan, egypt
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deepest point in earth
mariana trench
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wettest inahbited place
Buenaventura in colombia
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NR resources
coal, oil, petroleum, gold, copper, and iron
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R respurce
animals, trees, animals, and water
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2 factors describe climate
precipitation and temperature
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reason for settlement
good soil and fresh water
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main difference between limate and weather
time
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desert meanong empty quarter
Rub al KHali in Saudi Arabia
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7 wonders
great pyramid in egypt, hanging gardens of babylon, statute of zeus at olymppia, temple of artemis at ephesus, mausoleum at halicarnuss, the clossus of rhodes and the lighthouse of alexandra
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Parthenon is olocated in
Athens
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Philipean, lakshadweep islands in arabian sea and andaman and nicobar islands in bay of bengal
are archipelagos
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largest bay of wolrd
bay of bengal
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land jutting out to sea
cape
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cape of good hope in south africa, kanya kumari in India, and Cpae kenedy in USa
ejemplos de capes
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the atlantivca na d pacific ocena meet at
cape horn
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largest delta is formed by
ganga and brahmaputra rivers in west bengal in india and bangledesh
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largbest glacier
Lanbert glacier 64 km wide in australian and antratic territory
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largest gulf
gulf of mexico from cape sable to cabo calochie
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largest ahrbor
new york harbor
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India is surrounded by
ARAbian Sea, indian ocean, and bay bengal
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worlds largest penindsual
arabia with area abput 3237000 sq, km
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strait of megallena in located in
southern tip of Africa
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Longest strait
strait of malacca 615 km between west malaysia and sumatra
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highest waterfall
angel waterfall in venezuela
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longest river
nile river in egypt
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largest delta is created by
gangas river and Brahmaptura river
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largest river
amazon river
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2 largest rainforest
amazon basin in SA and congo basin in Africa
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Sa is bordered by
A O and P O
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N Pole is located in
artic ocean
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largest canadian lake
laje winnipeg
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great lakes
lake superior, lake ontario, lake eirie , lake michigan and lake huron
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panama canal connecnts
A O and P O
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Dead sea is
1312 feet below sea level
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deepest lake
Lake baikal in russia
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types of bodies of water
rivers, lakes, oceans
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