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  Emily and Samantha's Outer Space page By Emily and Samantha

The earth The earth is made 70% of water. There is a thin blanket of air around the eath.__.__ The earth is the only planet to have life.. Wiki answers says, "The earth is tilted at 23 degrees on its axis".[|http://wiki.answers.com/Q/How_far_of_degree_is_the_earth_tilted_on_its_axes&alreadyAsked=1&rtitle=What_degree_is_the_earth_tilted_] The shape of earth is a sphere.

Rotation Wiki answers says,"Rotation is when the earth spins. It takes 24 hours to rotate fully one time."http://wiki.answers.com/Q/What_is_rotation&alreadyAsked=1 When the earth rotates it causes day/night and seasons. If you are on the part of the earth that is not facing the sun it is night. If you are on the part of the Eath that is facing the sun it its day time. __Google says, " The sun rises in the east. __"  __http://wiki.answers.com/Q/Where_does_the_sun_rise_-_in_which_direction________________ __ The sun sets in the west .__ __ Google says," Weather systems move from west to east because water and wind currents move from west to east." http://www.blurtit.com/q424427.html

Revolution Revolve means to turn around on an axis. The earth revolves around the sun. The moon revolves aound the earth. The earths orbit around the sun is an oval shape, this is called an elliptical orbit. Solar System __Our solar system is all the planets that orbit the sun, Our solar system is all of our planets and the sun. __ They both are spheres, they both rotate, and they both are in our solar system. The Sun The sun is a small star, even though it looks bigger it is actually smaller than all the other stars. Yahoo Answers says," Yes" http://answers.yahoo.com/question/index;_ylt=AsHNoWICPBBoNQV8oS5fFxYjzKIX;_ylv=3?qid=20071231035859AAnVvHN Our sun appears so big because it is closer to the earth than all the other stars. The imporatnce of space is, we wouldn't exist because without space there would be no earth abnd without earth there would be no human species. 3 reasons we need to learn about space are, Example: - We need to continue to learn about outer space because__ _ __ - We need to continue to learn about outer space because _ - We need to continue to learn about outer space because ___