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Earth is the third planet from the Sun and the only astronomical object known to harbor life. This is enabled by Earth being an ocean world, the only one...219 KB (19,353 words) - 11:13, 30 December 2024
Moon (redirect from Earth's moon)The Moon is Earth's only natural satellite. It orbits at an average distance of 384,400 km (238,900 mi), about 30 times the diameter of Earth. Tidal forces...268 KB (26,093 words) - 06:13, 31 December 2024
Google Earth is a web and computer program that renders a 3D representation of Earth based primarily on satellite imagery. The program maps the Earth by superimposing...94 KB (8,566 words) - 02:40, 28 December 2024
Earth is an archaic and scientifically disproven conception of the Earth's shape as a plane or disk. Many ancient cultures subscribed to a flat-Earth...76 KB (8,751 words) - 14:30, 28 December 2024
Plate tectonics (redirect from Earths plate techtonics)τεκτονικός (tektonikós) 'pertaining to building') is the scientific theory that Earth's lithosphere comprises a number of large tectonic plates, which have been...114 KB (14,151 words) - 04:36, 31 December 2024
Earth, Wind & Fire (abbreviated as EW&F or EWF) is an American band formed in Chicago, Illinois in 1969. Their music spans multiple genres, including...176 KB (15,802 words) - 00:16, 24 December 2024- Middle-earth is the setting of much of the English writer J. R. R. Tolkien's fantasy. The term is equivalent to the Miðgarðr of Norse mythology and Middangeard...45 KB (5,166 words) - 08:03, 4 December 2024
Year (redirect from Earth years)astronomical objects to complete one orbit. For example, a year on Earth is the time taken for Earth to revolve around the Sun. Generally, a year is taken to mean...51 KB (5,662 words) - 11:17, 23 December 2024
Earthquake (redirect from Earth tremor)earthquake – also called a quake, tremor, or temblor – is the shaking of the Earth's surface resulting from a sudden release of energy in the lithosphere that...83 KB (9,015 words) - 22:04, 24 November 2024
World population (redirect from Population of the earth)woman. In June 2012, British researchers calculated the total weight of Earth's human population as approximately 287 million tonnes (630 billion pounds)...131 KB (9,704 words) - 23:30, 27 December 2024
Geologic time scale (redirect from Prehistory of the earth)time scale (GTS) is a representation of time based on the rock record of Earth. It is a system of chronological dating that uses chronostratigraphy (the...176 KB (10,065 words) - 01:22, 24 December 2024- Extraterrestrial life (redirect from Life off earth)elsewhere? What are the requirements for life? Are there exoplanets like Earth? How likely is the evolution of intelligent life? (more unsolved problems...121 KB (14,257 words) - 05:30, 23 December 2024
Astrological sign (redirect from Earth triplicity)astrology, astrological signs are the twelve 30-degree sectors that make up Earth's 360-degree orbit around the Sun. The signs enumerate from the first day...50 KB (4,409 words) - 18:32, 3 October 2024
List of sovereign states (redirect from List of Countries on Earth)The following is a list providing an overview of sovereign states around the world with information on their status and recognition of their sovereignty...121 KB (4,633 words) - 18:01, 28 December 2024
The atmosphere of Earth is composed of a layer of gas mixture that surrounds the Earth's planetary surface (both lands and oceans), known collectively...65 KB (6,669 words) - 19:15, 26 December 2024
Geography (redirect from Geography of the earth)geōgraphía; combining gê 'Earth' and gráphō 'write') is the study of the lands, features, inhabitants, and phenomena of Earth. Geography is an all-encompassing...94 KB (9,657 words) - 21:16, 12 December 2024
Gaia (redirect from Gaia spirit of the Earth)poetic form of Γῆ (Gê), meaning 'land' or 'earth'), also spelled Gaea (/ˈdʒiːə/), is the personification of Earth. Gaia is the ancestral mother—sometimes...65 KB (5,985 words) - 20:44, 23 December 2024
Gondor (redirect from White Mountains (Middle-earth))writings, described as the greatest realm of Men in the west of Middle-earth at the end of the Third Age. The third volume of The Lord of the Rings,...53 KB (6,328 words) - 01:56, 6 October 2024- Orc (redirect from Orc (Middle-earth))An orc (sometimes spelt ork; /ɔːrk/), in J. R. R. Tolkien's Middle-earth fantasy fiction, is a race of humanoid monsters, which he also calls "goblin"...51 KB (5,309 words) - 05:58, 28 December 2024
Satellite (redirect from Earth satellite)weather forecasting, navigation (GPS), broadcasting, scientific research, and Earth observation. Additional military uses are reconnaissance, early warning...61 KB (6,358 words) - 08:36, 16 December 2024
- has an article on: earth science Wikipedia earth science (plural earth sciences) Any of the sciences dealing with the planet Earth, such as geology and
- Journey to the Center of the Earth (1877) by Jules Verne, translated by Frederick Amadeus Malleson Jules Verne109275Journey to the Center of the Earth1877Frederick
- referred to as "the Earth", "Planet Earth", "Gaia", "Terra", and "the World". For quotes specifically concerning the personification of Earth, oft called Mother
- Destinations (redirect from Earth)Wikivoyage offers 32,947 travel articles, covering destinations around the world. There are numerous ways to browse the site: Click the map to browse the
- Authors What is Earth Science? Studying Earth's Surface Earth's Minerals Rocks Earth's Energy Plate Tectonics Earthquakes Volcanoes Weathering and Formation