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Solar System and Earths Unique Features

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  • A leap year happens every how many years?
    4 years
  • How many characteristics of the Earth are necessary for life to exist? What are these?
    5 characteristics - Temperature, Water, Energy, Atmosphere and Nutrients.
  • About how long does one of Earth's revolutions around the Sun take?
    365.2425 days or 1 year
  • Aside from Earth, what other planets are included in habitable zone?
    Mars
  • Of the known planets in our solar system, which characteristic is unique to the planet Earth?
    Covered mostly by water
  • The tilt of Earth affects living organisms. What is directly affected by Earth's tilt?
    Changing of the Seasons
  • The Earth's axial tilt is responsible for changing our seasons. In what degree was the earth tilted?
    23.5 degrees
  • Our planet Earth is slightly flattened at the poles and bulgy at the equator. What is the shape of our Earth?
    Oblate Spheroid
  • Which is the most responsible for Earth's surface temperatures?
    the greenhouse effect in the atmosphere
  • Which of the following is most necessary for life to develop on another planet?
    liquid water
  • Which is a reason life in the outer planets (like Jupiter) is less likely than life on planets nearer the Sun?
    Their surfaces are extremely cold.
  • Life is more likely to be found on a planet whose atmosphere contains abundant
    Oxygen
  • After four seasons have passed on Earth, which has happened?
    Earth has completed one revolution around the sun.
  • Which helps keep our Moon in its orbit?
    Gravity