1. Earth Our very own planet Made by: Taylor Booth

2. Background Knowledge  Temperature: -126* to 136* (Fahrenheit)  Made of rock and water  We have only one moon  Earth is a planet, not a plutoid

3. Our Rotation Periods  Our orbit period is 365 days  Our rotation is 23.93 hours  Every four years we have a leap year to make up the extra time. That is why there is an extra day in February every four years.

4. Distance  From the sun  149,600,000 km (1 AU)

5. Diameter Compared to Other Planets  Earth is one of the smaller planets. Earth is a part of the “inner planets” not the gas giants  Earth’s diameter is 12,756.3 km  11.19 Earth’s can fit in the biggest planet Jupiter  5.6 Pluto’s can fit in Earth

6. Facts to the Moon and Back  Earth is the only planet whose English name does not derive from Greek Mythology  The air we breathe is 77% nitrogen and 22% oxygen  The interaction between Earth and it’s moon slows our rotation by 2 milliseconds per century

7. Still Curious? Look at these Sources  www.windows2universe.org/our_sol ar _system/relative_size.html www.windows2universe.org/our_sol ar _system/relative_size.html  http://nineplanets.org http://nineplanets.org  Solar system poster located on the wall copyrighted in 2011