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Life on Earth
The Continents
Table of Contents
Earth: You are Here
Introducing the Earth *
How Big Is One Billion?
How It Got Here
Where Are We in Space?
Early Myths
Neighbors: The Sun and the Moon
What's the Earth Made Of?
What It Looks Like
Earth Extremes
The Continents
The Ocean
Who Lives on It?
Perceptions of the Earth
Make a Map
Natural Resources
Factors Affecting Seed Germination
How We Can Take Care of the Earth
The Big, Blue Marble
Certificate of Completion
Answer Sheets
* Has an Answer Sheet
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H O W BI G IS
Earth over the last billion years. Draw them along this
graph.
O NE BI L L IO N ?
today
(one hundred million)
(ten million)
one hundred
million years
ago
(one million)
.
Its hard to understand how big it is, but
one billion is the same as one thousand
the dinosaurs.
H O W IT G OT H ER E
the Earth might have looked like when it was still very
young.
cooled down, but for a very long time the Earth was
a red-hot planet bursting with volcanoes and lava. It
W H ER E A R E W E
I N SPACE?
1. What is the name of the galaxy we live in?
E A R LY MY T HS
and bounced back into the sky, creating the sun,
moon, and stars.
that describe how the mountains, rivers, and
people came to be.
Greek
Haida
Ojibwa
did this, and the land and animals grew and grew
and are still growing, and the turtle still holds them
all on his shell.
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E A R LY MY T HS
NEI GH B O R S :
TH E SU N A ND TH E MO O N
W H AT S TH E E A RTH
M A DE O F?
W H AT IT LO O K S L I KE
E A RTH E X TR E MES
T H E CON T I NEN TS
T H E O CE A N
surface is
covered by water. Most of this is one large
body of salt water we call the ocean.
W H O L IVES O N IT ?
available
on Earth, we wouldnt be able to survive.
Everything we use comes from materials found
here. We breathe the air that surrounds us and stay
warm thanks to the heat from the Sun. We eat the
plants that grow out of the ground and build our
homes from materials made from the Earth. We
fuel our homes and vehicles with oil found deep
underground and coal from rocks.
from the
soil, the light of the sun, and elements from
the air to grow. Plants go through a process called
photosynthesis, where they absorb the light from
the Sun and elements from the air and soil and turn
them into their own food.
P ERCEP T I O NS O F
TH E E A RTH
understood
everything about the Earth. In the past,
there have been many misconceptions
about the Earths shape, size, its place in the Universe, and what lived on it.
You may have heard that Christopher Columbus thought the Earth was flatthats not true! The
round shape of the Earth was known as early as the
ing to be explored, one of the biggest misconceptions people held was that the planets all revolved
around the Earth. Based on his observations, a man
named Copernicus guessed that the planets, including the Earth, actually revolved around the Sun. At
able to prove his theory. We now know that the Sun
is the center of our Solar System.
When we began exploring the Earth, sometimes our maps came out wrong. On some old
maps, Australia is almost a rectangle on one end,
Africa is shown to have a mountain range going
through the middle of it, and California is a huge
island! For many years, map-makers would draw
strange sea creatures over parts of the ocean to illustrate animals they thought might live there, which
made many people think that the sea was full of
dangerous monsters. Even today, we are still making
Earth.
MAKE A MAP
NAT URA L
R ESO U RCES
he Earth contains an
abundance of natural
materials that we use to survive, to
make our lives easier, and also just
for fun. Water, dirt, oil, rock, wind,
and sunlight are all things that the
Earth provides for us, and that we
use every day.
Wind
Water
: Drink
: Shower/Bathe
: Swim
Wood
Oil
: A resource that
is convenient provides us with
things that are nice to have, but
we dont need. For instance, if we
didnt have oil to fuel our cars, our
we wouldnt be in danger.
Stone
: A resource used
for recreation is one that we use
just for fun. We can go boating
on water or use sand and grass to
make a golf course.
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FACTO R S A FFECT I NG
SEED GER M I NAT I ON
Procedure
To set up the experiment, youll prepare four
from each batch so you can use it later.
Problem
germination?
Materials
Plant mister
Permanent marker
Distilled water
Notebook
Pencil
H O W W E C A N TA KE
C A R E O F TH E E A RT H
resources and keep the Earth safe!
Use public transportation, ride your bike, or
walk.
amounts of carbon dioxide that cause the Earth
to warm. Too much warmth on the Earth can be
contributes to this warming. Sharing a bus with
other people or not using a car at all can help
make the air cleaner and safer.
Plant trees. Trees help clean the air by absorbing
elements in it that may be harmful to us, and
Recycle and compost! If you must use a onetime use item, make sure to recycle it if you can.
TH E BIG, BLU E
M A R BL E
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Answer Sheets
Earth: You are Here
Introducing the Earth
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X F R H S G E H R H I
G X L A E R U E N B M P
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