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  2. Earth - Wikipedia

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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 in the Solar System sustaining liquid surface water. Almost all of Earth's water is contained in its global ocean, covering 70.8% of Earth's crust.

  3. Earth, third planet from the Sun and the fifth largest planet in the solar system in terms of size and mass. Its single most outstanding feature is that its near-surface environments are the only places in the universe known to harbour life.

  4. Facts About Earth - NASA Science

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    Earth – our home planet – is the third planet from the Sun, and the fifth largest planet. It's the only place we know of inhabited by living things. While Earth is only the fifth largest planet in the solar system, it is the only world in our solar system with liquid water on the surface.

  5. Earth - National Geographic Society

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    Earth is the planet we live on, one of eight planets in our solar system and the only known place in the universe to support life. Earth is the third planet from the sun, after Mercury and Venus, and before Mars. It is about 150 million kilometers (about 93 million miles) from the sun.

  6. Earth Definition & Meaning - Merriam-Webster

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    The meaning of EARTH is the fragmental material composing part of the surface of the globe; especially : cultivable soil. How to use earth in a sentence.

  7. Planet Earth facts and information - National Geographic

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    Earth, our home planet, is a world unlike any other. The third planet from the sun, Earth is the only place in the known universe confirmed to host life. With a radius of 3,959 miles,...

  8. What Is Earth? (Grades 5-8) - NASA

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    Earth is the fifth-largest planet in the solar system. Its diameter is about 8,000 miles. And Earth is the third-closest planet to the sun. Its average distance from the sun is about 93 million miles. Only Mercury and Venus are closer. Earth has been called the “Goldilocks planet.”

  9. Earth is a terrestrial planet. It is small and rocky. Earth's atmosphere is the right thickness to keep the planet warm so living things like us can be there. It’s the only planet in our solar system we know of that supports life. It is mostly nitrogen, and it has plenty of oxygen for us to breathe. Time on Earth

  10. EARTH | definition in the Cambridge English Dictionary

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    EARTH meaning: 1. the planet third in order of distance from the sun, between Venus and Mars; the world on which…. Learn more.

  11. In Depth | EarthNASA Solar System Exploration

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    While Earth is only the fifth largest planet in the solar system, it is the only world in our solar system with liquid water on the surface. Just slightly larger than nearby Venus, Earth is the biggest of the four planets closest to the Sun, all of which are made of rock and metal.