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Touring our Solar System

Touring our Solar System. An Overview of our Planets. Terrestrial planets are small and rocky Mercury, Venus, Earth, and Mars Jovian planets are gas giants Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune. An Overview of our Planets.

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Touring our Solar System

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  1. Touring our Solar System

  2. An Overview of our Planets • Terrestrial planets are small and rocky • Mercury, Venus, Earth, and Mars • Jovian planets are gas giants • Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune

  3. An Overview of our Planets • Size is the most obvious difference between terrestrial and Jovian planets

  4. An Overview of our Planets • Density, chemical makeup, and rate of rotation are other ways in which the two groups of planets differ

  5. The Solar System: Atmosphere • The Jovian planets have very thick atmospheres of hydrogen, helium, methane, and ammonia • The terrestrial planets, including Earth, have meager atmospheres at best

  6. Formation of the Solar System • According to the nebular theory, the sun and planets formed from a rotating disk of dust and gases • A nebula is a cloud of gas and/or dust in space

  7. Venn Diagram Jovian Planets Terrestrial Planets

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