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Because the sun made of hydrogen and helium, which at the temperatures the sun sustains cannot maintain a liquid or solid form. The sun is actually primarily made of plasma. Plasma is considered by some scientists to be a unique form of gas, and by others to be a different form of matter, entirely its own.
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∙ 14y agoNeither. There are four common states of matter. We're familiar wit three; solid, liquid, and gas. There is another; plasma. In a plasma, the material is heated so hot that some or all of the electrons are freed from their normal bonds.
The Sun's surface is a plasma, far hotter than any gas.
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∙ 14y agoYes, pure gas. Plasma, actually - this is sometimes considered a separate state of matter. Plasma is like gas, but most atoms are ionized, due to the high temperature.
In any case, due to the high temperatures, you won't find solids or liquids on the Sun.
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∙ 12y agoYes the Sun is technically a gas, its based on a star, and a star is completely made of gas, whatever your doing, just note that the sun IS a gas,
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∙ 13y agoNo. Venus has a dense atmosphere - much denser than Earth - but it also has a surface, just like Earth.
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∙ 12y agoit is a gas
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What is earth a terrestrial planet or a gas giant?
A terrestrial planet, Gas giant planets are made of gas....
Is Neptune a gas or terrestrial planet?
Neptune is a gas and not a terrestrial planet. The other gas planets in the solar system are Saturn, Uranus and Jupiter.
How are the gas giant different from the terrestrial planets?
The gas giants don't have a solid surface like that found on the terrestrial planets. They are also a lot bigger, are further away from the sun and a lot colder because of this. They take a longer time period to orbit the sun.
What type of surface do terrestrial planets have?
the surface is solid
What is the composition of Mercury terrestrial or gas?
Mercury is terrestrial, a rocky world.
Is the Moon's surface terrestrial or gas?
The moon has a solid (terrestrial) surface.
What gas makes up the majority of the suns surface?
Hydrogen.
Which organism has a gas exchange surface adapted for a terrestrial environment?
earthworms.
Is Venus a Terrestrial planet or a Gas Giant?
While Venus does have clouds of sulfuric acid it has a solid surface and in theory could be landed upon. In short it is a terrestrial planet.
Why is water always lost from the gas exchange surface?
Water is lost from the gas exchange surface of terrestrial organisms because gases must be exchanged with air. Terrestrial organisms have a high water potential, therefore when the gas exchange occurs water will be lost.
Does Neptune renew its surface?
Neptune is a gas planet and thus does not have a well defined surface like a terrestrial planet does.
A dark area of gas on the suns surface that is cooler than surrounding gases?
It is called a sunspot.
What does the suns surface look like?
It is a very bright mass of roiling gas or plasma.
What is the sun's prominience?
A prominence is when a solar flare ejects matter from the suns surface as a stream of incandescent gas.
Why is Venus called a terrestrial planet?
Venus is called a terrestrial planet because it has a solid rocky surface, like Earth does. The other type of planet in this gas is a gas giant or Jovian planed, consisting largely of hydrogen gas, like Jupiter.
Is merury terrestrial or gas?
It is terrestrial.
Gas giants tend to differ from terrestrial planets in that gas giants are?
Primarily composed of gas. They have no solid surface. However this is currently in contention... Jupiter may have a surface of Hydrogen metal... but our current technology cannot determine this.
