Facts About Earth And Statistics Table

Earth is the only planet in the Solar System to have water in its three states of matter: as a solid (ice), a liquid (sea, rain, etc.) and as a gas (clouds). These are all shown below. Water is, of course, the most important liquid for life.

Earth is almost five billion years old, although life (resembling life as we know it) has only existed on the planet for the last 150 million to 200 million years. This means that life has only been present on Earth for only 5%-10% of its lifetime.

Earth and Mercury are the two most dense planets in the Solar System. This means that particles inside the planet are most closely packed together.

The length of time it takes for Earth to orbit the Sun is 365 and a quarter days. To make up this extra quarter which isn't counted at the end of a year, we have an extra day every four years on 29th February. The next Leap Year will be in 2012.

Earth is gradually slowing down. Every few years, an extra second is added to make up for lost time. Millions of years ago, a day on Earth will have been 20 hours long. It is believed that, in millions of years time, a day on Earth will be 27 hours long.

The centre of the Earth, its core, is molten. This means that it is liquid rock which sometimes erupts onto the surface through volcanic eruptions. This core is 7,500°c, hotter than the surface of the Sun!

Earth is the only planet in the Solar System not to be named after a mythical God.

Despite being called Earth, only 29% of the surface is actually 'earth.' The rest of the planet's surface (71%) is made up of water.

From a distance, Earth would be the brightest of the planets. This is because sunlight is reflected off the planet's water.

Earth is the only planet in the Solar System known to be geologically active, with Earthquakes and volcanoes forming the landscape, replenishing carbon dioxide into the atmosphere and erasing impact craters from meteors.


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Facts About Animals

There are presently over a million animal species upon planet earth. 

The reptiles have 6,000 species crawling in their habitats; and more are discovered each year. 

There are over 70,000 types of spiders spinning their webs in the world. 

Well, there are 3,000 kinds of lice. Yes, it is the lice we are prone to get due to lack of hair hygiene. 

This is a mind-boggling fact – for each of the 600 million people there is about 200 million insects crawling, flying... 

Mammals are the only creatures that have flaps around their ears. 

The world has approximately one billion cattle, of which about 200 million belong to India. 

The life of a housefly is only 14 days. 

A dog was the first animal to up in space. 

A sheep, a duck and a rooster were the first animals to fly in a hot air balloon. The oldest breed of a dog known to mankind is the ‘Saluki’. 

An ostrich is the fastest bird and can run up to 70 km/h. 

Never get a camel angry, for he or she will spit at you. 

There are crabs that are the size of a pea. There are known as ‘Pea Crabs’. 

The lifespan of 75 percent of wild birds is 6 months. 

Denmark has twice as many pigs as there are people. 

You do not need cotton buds to clean a giraffe ears. It can do so with its own 50cm-tongue. 

Want to known the appetite of a South American Giant Anteater? Well it eats over 30,000 ants, per day. 

The sailfish can swim at the speed of 109 km/h, making it the fastest swimmer. 

The Sea Horse is the slowest fish, drifting at approximately 0.016 km/h. 

The small car on the road is probably the size of the heart of a blue whale. 

The length of an elephant is the same as the tongue of a blue whale. 

The crocodile's tongue is unmovable, as it is attached to the roof of its mouth.


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