Zusammenfassung der Ressource
PLANET EARTH 2
- Equator
- An imaginary line that
runs around the middle
of the Earth
- Northern hemisphere
- Contains most of the
continents
- 39% land
61% water
- Southern hemisphere
- Mostly contains seas and
oceans
- 19% land
81% water
- Rotation of the Earth;
days and nights
- The Earth spins on an
imaginary axis that runs
from the North pole to
the South pole.
- It completes one rotation
every 24 hours
- Rotation causes days
and nights
- Revolution of the Earth;
seasons of the year
- Is the movement of the Earth
around the Sun
- Takes one year to complete a revolution
of the Sun (365 days, 6 hours and 9
minutes)
- Leap years
have 366 days,
we add one
day in
February