First Children Encyclopedia

(Marvins-Underground-K-12) #1

How long would a trip around the Equator take at walking speed?


Our world


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Land covers a third of


planet Earth, and water


and ice cover the rest.


We divide the land into


seven main chunks called


continents. The sea is


divided into five major


areas called oceans.


Our world

North


America


South


America


Pacific


Ocean


Atlantic


Ocean


Inside the Earth


The core of the Earth is made


of metal – solid in the middle and


molten all around it. We live on a thin,


solid crust, a bit like the crust of a pie.


Where people live


This picture of Earth at


night was taken by a


satellite in space. The


bright bits are made


by lights on the surface.


They show where the


world’s big cities and


towns are.

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