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How do the planets in the two groups different?
The first 4 planets, Mercury, Venus, Earth, and Mars, are called rock planets, and the last 4, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, and Neptune, are the gas planets. The main differences between these two groups are that the rock planets are made of rock, the gas planets are made of gas, the rock planets are typically smaller than the gas planets, and the gas planets have rings.
Can dwarf planets be made of gas?
Not really, they are made of rock.
What is difference between the terrestrial and gaseous planets?
A terrestrial planet is made of rock, in which there is life on. However, a gaseous planet is made of gas, in which there is no life on.
How many planets are mainly made up of gas and how mainly made up of rock?
There are 4 rocky planets and 4 gaseous planets in the solar system
Is Mars made mostly of gas or rock?
mars is mostly made of rock because it is a rock planet. earth,mercury, and venus are all rock planets
How do the planets in the two groups different?
The first 4 planets, Mercury, Venus, Earth, and Mars, are called rock planets, and the last 4, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, and Neptune, are the gas planets. The main differences between these two groups are that the rock planets are made of rock, the gas planets are made of gas, the rock planets are typically smaller than the gas planets, and the gas planets have rings.
How the inner planets are similar to each other?
The four inner planets are all made of rock or are rock based but the four outer planets are all made of gas or gas based.
Are all the planets made out of rock?
No, some are made out of gas.
Can dwarf planets be made of gas?
Not really, they are made of rock.
Why are the inner planets smaller and made of rock while the outer planets are large and made of gas?
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What are the planets made of gas called?
There are four planets that are made out of gas: Jupiter, Saturn, Urans and Neptune. These planets are called the "gas giants" . The other four planets (Earth, Mercury, Venus and Mars) are mostly made out of rock.
What is difference between the terrestrial and gaseous planets?
A terrestrial planet is made of rock, in which there is life on. However, a gaseous planet is made of gas, in which there is no life on.
Are planets made out of stars?
No. Planets are objects made of some combination of rock, gas, and/or metal that orbit stars.
Why are inner planets of solar system different from outer planets?
Because the inner planets are made of rock but the outer planets are made of gas(except for Pluto).
Why are the smallest planets the densest?
because they are made of mostly metal and rock while the bigger planets are mostly made of gas
Which planets are comprised of just rock?
the first four planets, closet to the sun, are called the "rock planets" these are, in order from the sun outwards : mercury, venus, earth, mars after mars are the gas giants, which are not made of rock, but gas, as the name suggests.
Are outer planets surfaces rock and hard?
Jupiter, Saturn, Neptune, and Uranus are known as 'gas giants', meaning that they are made of gas. Pluto is made of rock.
