Amazing Earth: facts that fascinateWebsite searchTry the following activities to build up a list of facts about Earth Science that fascinate you by searching the internet. One starting point is to use a search engine – ‘Google’ (www.google.com) is a popular one, but you may have your own particular favourite. An alternative is to visit some of the sites on the useful web sites link on the home page and follow links from there. If you use a search engine, think carefully about sensible terms to search for. Q 1. Find your own ‘top ten’ amazing facts about the Earth from a website search. Q 2. Note them down in order, from the ‘most amazing’ at the top Q 3. How many of your top ten amazing facts may cause death? Q 4. How many of your amazing facts were about the Earth’s future? Q 4. How many of your amazing facts were about the Earth’s past? Q 5. How many of your amazing facts might affect you tomorrow?
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