Earth & Sun

The Earth's atmosphere is mostly made up of which gases?

The atmosphere is one layer of our Planet

According to our text, Why could the Earth have been named oceans or water?

Earth is part of the terrestrial planets, which planets is Earth bigger than from this group?

According to our text, most of our weather takes place in what part of our atmosphere?

The Earth's crust is constantly changing

Besides Nitrogen, Oxygen, & small amounts of carbon dioxide, there are tiny particles of dust & water in our atmosphere

The Earth is tilted a little to one side as it travels around the sun

According to the text, if we were closer to the sun, what would happen to our planet?

The solid crust that sits on the mantle is a layer of heavy rock that is _____ thick

Earth is covered by a layer of rocks called the ?

Earth is the third planet from the sun

If our planet were farther away from the sun, the water on our planet would boil away