The Planet, Earth

   Earth is the planet we live on. It is the third planet in order from the sun and is about 150 million kilometers from the sun. Earth makes one complete orbit around the sun every 365.27 days. It rotates on its axis about the same speed as Mars and completes one rotation in about 23 hours and 56 minutes. 75% of Earth is covered by water. That's a lot of water! Earth also has a total of 1 satellite which is the moon. This is the link to the website: http://www.frontiernet.net/~kidpower/earth.html 

   Did you know that Earth is the only planet whose English does not derive from Greek/Roman mythology? Well it is! Earth is divided into several layers which have distinct chemical and seismic properties. The layers are crust, upper mantle, transition region, lower mantle, D'' Layer, outer core, and inner core. This is the link to the website: http://nineplanets.org/earth.html