11 Questions
What is the approximate difference in diameter between the Earth's polar and equatorial regions?
43 km
What is the approximate percentage of oxygen in the Earth's atmosphere?
21%
What is the term for the Earth's movement around the Sun?
Revolution
What is the term for the point at which the Earth is closest to the Sun?
Perihelion
What is the approximate diameter of the Earth?
12,900 km
What shape is the Earth approximately?
Oblate spheroid
What is the term for the movement of one mass around another?
Revolution
What is the approximate distance from the Sun when the Earth is at perihelion?
147 million kilometres
In which month does the Earth reach aphelion?
July
What is the term for the spin of an object on its internal axis?
Rotation
In which month does the Earth reach perihelion?
January
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