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gas giants are composed of gas while terrestrial planets are composed of solid matter

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How are terrestrial planets different from the Jovian planets?

Terrestrial planets have terra firma, a.k.a. hard ground. The gas giants are giant balls of gas.


How are rocky plants different then gas giants?

Please tell me you mean Planets not Plants, that is an odd image. Rocky Planets are made mostly of Rock ie solid stuff. Gas Giants are made mostly of Gas. Most gas giants are much bigger than the rocky planets. So far most of the extra solar planets are gas giants (they are bigger so easier to find)


What are gases do the different planets have?

Different planets have all sorts of different gasses Jupiter and Saturn are both gas giants and have many different gasses.


What planets are in the outer planets?

gas giants.


How does the composition of Earths atmosphere different from the composition of the atmosphere of the gas giants planets?

The Gas Giants have a deep gas atmosphere and earth have a not so deep atmosphere


How are the planets classifications as a terrestrial plaent or gas giant generally related to their densities?

Rocky planets are denser than gas giants.


What are the out planets?

they are the gas giants.


What does the name gas giants suggest about four of the planets?

The planets are made out of gas.


The major planets of the Solar System have different characteristics Which of the planets listed below is known as a gas giant?

The gas giants are: Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus and Neptune.


Are planets more likely to be gas giants or terrestrial planets?

Bigger planets are more likely to be gas giants while smaller ones are more likely to be terrestrial. This of course is not the answer to your question which is, of all planets that may exist, is there a greater likelyhood of there being terrestrial planets or gas giants?


What makes the inner planets different from the outer planets?

The inner planets are small and rocky, the outer planets are much larger and have no solid surface, they are called the gas giants.


What do gas giants and terrestrial planets have the common?

They are both planets !!!!