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    • Rights: NASA Visualization Technology Applications and Development (VTAD) Published 24 March 2022 Size: 1.5 MB Referencing Hub media

    Planet Earth is a terrestrial1 planet2. It has a solid surface with a large diversity of rocky structures and many different ecological habitats3. Water covers 70% of the Earth's surface.

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    1. terrestrial: Belonging or from the land. This term is often used to describe plants and animals, meaning they live on the land.
    2. planet: In our Solar System, a planet is defined as an object that orbits the Sun, is big enough for its own gravity to make it ball-shaped and keeps space around it clear of smaller objects.
    3. habitat: The natural environment in which an organism lives.

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      3. Belonging or from the land. This term is often used to describe plants and animals, meaning they live on the land.

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      4. In our Solar System, a planet is defined as an object that orbits the Sun, is big enough for its own gravity to make it ball-shaped and keeps space around it clear of smaller objects.

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      5. The natural environment in which an organism lives.

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