Seven quintillion, five hundred quadrillion grains of sand on planet Earth
By: Paul Rockett ; illustrated by Mark Ruffle
Contributors: Ruffle, Mark, illustrator
Series: Big countdown; Big countdown
Publisher: Franklin Watts
Published: 2014
Place of publication: London
Language: eng
Number of pages: 32
ISBN-13: 9781445126760; 9781410968876
Subjects: Earth sciences; Miscellanea; Juvenile literature
Description: You can count numbers all around you, from the eight legs on a spider to the one nose on your face. But can you count the stars in the sky or the fish in the Amazon? Find out all about PLANET EARTH in THE BIG COUNTDOWN, including types of rock and how they are formed, the longest river and smallest mountain, earthquakes and volcanoes, the water cycle and Earth's atmosphere and how we can really count the grains on sand on our planet.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.

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Key Stage 2.
Table of contents: title: Counting down planet Earth; title: There are about 200 tredecillion atoms in the Earth's atmosphere; title: The Earth's atmosphere; title: The Earth has a surface area of five hundred and ten; title: Quintillion, seventy-two quadrillion mm2; title: Seven quintillion, five hundred quadrillion grains of sand on planet Earth; title: Hurricanes can release 9 trillion litres of rain a day; title: Over seven billion people on planet Earth; title: 11,030 metres down to the deepest part of the ocean; title: The longest river measures 6,650 km; title: 1,510 active volcanoes in the world; title: There are 16 tectonic plates; title: Five zones of Mount Kilimanjaro; title: Three types of rock; title: One core at the centre of the Earth; title: Further information on large numbers.