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- The Earth's atmosphere is a layer of gases surrounding our planet ... The atmosphere protects and sustains life on Earth in a variety of ...24 KB (3,540 words) - 17:34, 12 February 2024
- Earth is the third planet in the solar system in terms of distance ... Since its formation, the Earth has been transformed through various ...38 KB (5,592 words) - 17:34, 12 February 2024
- Diatomaceous earth (also known as DE, diatomite, diahydro, kieselguhr, kieselgur, and celite) is a soft, chalk-like sedimentary rock. It consists ...8 KB (1,106 words) - 12:00, 29 January 2024
- An earth lodge is a semi-subterranean building covered partially or completely with earth, best known from the Native American cultures of the ...18 KB (2,809 words) - 17:35, 12 February 2024
- Earth Day is an annual event celebrated around the world on April 22 to demonstrate support for environmental protection and to promote awareness ...28 KB (3,976 words) - 17:35, 12 February 2024
- #REDIRECTWater cycle ...24 bytes (3 words) - 18:45, 31 December 2022
- Modern geologists and geophysicists consider the age of Earth to be around 4.54 billion years (4.54 9 years).1997. [http://pubs.usgs.gov/gip/geotime/age ...34 KB (5,149 words) - 06:44, 16 June 2023
- The geological history of Earth began 4.567 billion years ago, when the planets of the Solar System were formed out of the solar nebula, a ...37 KB (5,215 words) - 06:53, 18 April 2024
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- ==Earth science== * Depression (geology), a landform sunken or depressed below the surrounding area * Depression (weather), an area of low atmospheric ...1 KB (174 words) - 15:39, 2 August 2022
- of water around, over, and through the Earth is called the water cycle ... and over a planet's surface. The Earth's hydrosphere consists ...6 KB (963 words) - 14:00, 28 November 2024
- planets or planetary systems, including the Earth and our solar system. Planets ... and may be considered a part of the Earth sciences, or more logically ...4 KB (636 words) - 08:43, 28 May 2025
- A lunar eclipse occurs whenever the Moon passes through some portion of the Earth's shadow. This can occur only when the Sun, Earth, and ...9 KB (1,405 words) - 04:07, 27 March 2025
- right|300px|The tectonic plates of the Earth's lithosphere.]] shell of a rocky planet. In the case of the Earth, the lithosphere includes ...8 KB (1,174 words) - 00:14, 12 March 2025
- propagation of elastic waves through the Earth. In addition, this field ... is known as paleoseismology. A recording of Earth's motions as a function ...9 KB (1,301 words) - 17:46, 25 January 2023
- is approximately the same everywhere on the Earth's surface. In such a ... gravitational fields, such as away from the Earth's surface. For example ...10 KB (1,621 words) - 23:26, 3 May 2023
- alpha decay. Helium was first discovered on Earth in uraninite, after previously ... Category:Earth sciences Category:Geology Category:Minerals ...4 KB (526 words) - 13:35, 3 May 2023
- information about the nature of the Earth's crust and mantle. ... information about the composition of the Earth's crust and mantle. ...5 KB (724 words) - 02:53, 24 November 2022
- jlab.org/itselemental/ele010.html] In the Earth's atmosphere, however ... suggests that it may slowly leak out of the Earth's atmosphere and escape ...6 KB (825 words) - 23:28, 30 June 2025
- about 20 volcanic eruptions occur along Earth's mid-ocean ridges each ... of decompression melting in the underlying Earth's mantle. ...10 KB (1,542 words) - 09:08, 31 May 2025
- from underlying material. Crusts of the Earth, our Moon, Mercury, Venus, and Mars have been generated largely by igneous processes, and these ...13 KB (1,961 words) - 23:42, 5 May 2022
- Feldspar is the name of a group of rock-forming minerals that make up as much as 60 percent of the Earth's crust. Feldspars crystallize ...5 KB (690 words) - 01:58, 26 March 2024
- In geology, a hotspot is an area in the Earth's mantle where a column of hot magma rises up to melt through the crust, resulting in volcanic ...11 KB (1,444 words) - 08:01, 19 July 2024
- and phenomena in outer space or to study the Earth's atmosphere. Astronomical observations from the Earth's surface are hampered by ...8 KB (1,080 words) - 19:04, 7 February 2023
- the first to measure the average density of the earth using the gravitational theories of Isaac Newton. He also showed that water was a compound ...8 KB (1,276 words) - 07:10, 22 January 2024
- of a planet or moon. On the surface of the Earth, the escape velocity is about ... escaping body travels. For example, as the Earth's rotational velocity ...18 KB (2,947 words) - 21:28, 20 March 2024
- The astronomical unit (abbreviated variously as AU, au, a.u. or ua) is a unit of length roughly equal to the mean distance of the Earth from ...8 KB (1,072 words) - 18:25, 19 August 2023
- which refer to points on orbits around the Earth, and perihelion and aphelion ... gee comes from the Greek gê, meaning "Earth." For perihelion and ...10 KB (1,484 words) - 15:57, 11 August 2023
- Diatomaceous earth (also known as DE, diatomite, diahydro, kieselguhr, kieselgur, and celite) is a soft, chalk-like sedimentary rock. It consists ...8 KB (1,106 words) - 12:00, 29 January 2024
