ROOM 02 · EARTH & LIFE

Earth & Life

A room for the moving planet, its oceans and the systems that make life possible.

4.54B YEARS71% OCEAN1 MOVING SHELL

01

Begin with scale

SCALE

INTERACTIVE · 11 MIN

How deep is the ocean—and how do we know?

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02

Watch the planet move

DYNAMICS

INTERACTIVE · 11 MIN

Why can’t we feel the continents moving?

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03

Connect Earth to the sky

CONNECTIONS

EARTH–SPACE · 10 MIN

Why do seasons happen?

See the diagrams and evidence →