2006-06-24 10:43:52 · 21 answers · asked by *Arturo* 1 in Science & Mathematics ➔ Astronomy & Space
Most of the earth Surface is Covered with water, but that's only a small fraction of the planet itself. The Earth is made up mostly of silicate and magezeuim compunds and an iron core.
2006-06-24 10:45:08 · answer #1 · answered by evil_tiger_lily 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
In fact, the Earth is only called that in English. If you go to the Nine planets web page you will find under the section "planetary linguistics" a host of different names for our planet.
The word `Earth' itself has Teutonic origin (check the Oxford English Dictionary, your public library will have a copy), and the words are very similar in German (Erde) and Swedish (Jorden), other languages sharing common origins with English. It had much the same meaning long ago, referring to the thing on which we live. We have a very different understanding now of what the ground/world is than people did back then, but we still call it the same thing
2006-06-24 10:50:34 · answer #2 · answered by Xtreem 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Earth is just a name that was given to our planet a long time. It seems to go back over 1000 years. The name Earth is an English-German name which sinply neans the ground,
2006-06-30 17:42:46 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Hmm... Good question :)
I believe, it's called "Earth" because they just couldn't name a planet: "Blue Water Bubble." They found out that there's ground underneath that blue exterior and decided to call it something a little bit more grounded, so they gave the planet the modern title of "Earth." :)
2006-06-24 10:49:43 · answer #4 · answered by tiger_pisces7483 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
we call soil earth because its what makes up the earth. We called our planet earth before we called our dirt earth. If our planet was named mars we might call our dirt mars.
2006-06-24 10:47:55 · answer #5 · answered by snowboarder99300 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Hehe... Earth is actually mostly iron. We should be called Ironmen from the planet Irony.
2006-06-24 10:57:10 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
"earth" is a english term for our planet. other cultures have differant names and terms for out planet that mean something other than "earth".
2006-06-24 18:20:19 · answer #7 · answered by FooFighter 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Because most of it is not water. Only the surface is 70% water.
2006-06-24 11:22:50 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Humans didn't know that when it was first called "Earth." They thought the world was flat and you could fall off the edge, remember?
2006-06-24 10:46:00 · answer #9 · answered by warmwardbound 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
And the water covers... more earth.
2006-06-24 10:55:03 · answer #10 · answered by ruby.rodd 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋