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PLANET EARTH

A Term Paper
Presented to
Ms. Lenie Jabagat
Department of English

In Partial Fulfillment of the
Requirement for English III
By
Jim Paul Sencil
January 30, 2013

PLANET EARTH

Jim Paul C. Sencil

Himamaylan National High School

January 30, 2013

INTRODUCTION: Earth is the planet on which we live. Earth is the third planet from the sun. The particles which compose of the mass of the earth but more particularly the particles which from the mould on the surface of Earth. The Earth is the largest member of the group of inner planets and is also the most massive. When the Earth is compared with its planetary neighbors, marked similarities as well marked differences are found. Of course, what singles the Earth out from any other planets is the fact that it has an oxygen-rich atmosphere and a temperature that makes it suitable for life of the kind we can understand. Were the Earth slightly close to the sun and slightly farther away, life here might not have developed. The purpose of this research is to let us learn more about our Planet that we are living and also aims to help us understand more about our planet. Even we have an idea what Planet Earth is all about, we must dig deeper and know the characteristics of Earth that we haven’t yet know.
` The completion of this paper was made possible through my research in library, and computers. Some books, encyclopedia, dictionary, some magazines computer encyclopedia and other website, I got all I want to know. They are very helpful for my research, and thanks be to God for giving me wisdom to do this term paper alone and by myself.

Earth is the third planet from the Sun, and the densest and fifth-largest of the eight planets in the Solar System. It is also the largest of the Solar System 's four terrestrial planets. It is sometimes referred to as the world, the Blue Planet, or by its Latin name, Terra.
Earth formed approximately 4.54 billion years ago, and life appeared on its



Bibliography: “Earth” The World Book Encyclopedia, 1965. P. 618 “The Formation of Earth” The Random House Encyclopedia, 1972 “The Old Earth” Groiler Encyclopedia, 1980 “Composition of Earth” Websters Encyclopedia, 1972 p [ 1 ]. “Earth” The World Book Encyclopedia, 1965. P. 618 [ 2 ] [ 3 ]. “The Old Earth” Groiler Encyclopedia, 1980. P. 367 [ 4 ] [ 5 ]. “Composition of Earth” Websters Encyclopedia, 1972 p. 36 [ 6 ]

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