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| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Outer Planets | .terrestrial planets .solid rocky . Mercury |
| Planet | Spherical orbits the Sun clears its orbit. |
| Mercury | Closer planet to the sun NOT THE HOTTEST so small it lacks gravity and atmosphere |
| Venus | Hottest planet Green house effect Day is longer than it’s revolution Acid clouds. |
| Earth | Only planet with known life Moderate temperatures Protective atmosphere Liquid water. |
| Mars | Largest known mountain Olympus mons Possible signs of life. |
| Terrestrial planets | The four inner planets |
| Greenhouse effect | Occurs when a planet atmosphere traps Solar energy and causes the Temperature to increase. |
| Jupiter | Largest planet Galilean moons Great Red Spot. |
| Saturn | Most complex ring system Least dense planet of would Float Titan largest moon. |
| Uranus | Rotation axis is tilted 90 degrees so rotates like a bowling ball |
| Neptune | Longest period of revolution |
| Gas giants | Jupiter Saturn Uranus Neptune nickname for the four other planets |
| Galilean moons | 4 moons Galileo discovered around Jupiter -io, Europe Ganymede Callisto. |
| Dwarf planets | Pluto was the first Same as planet but not larger than its neighbors Ceres in the asteroid belt. |