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Terrestrial Planets
Everything about the terrestrial planets
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Science
6th Grade
12/15/2010

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Terrestrial Planet

Definition

An planet in a solar system

Rocky crust with dense mantles and cores

No rings

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Co2

Definition

 

Carbon Dioxide:

Found in some terrestrial planet's atmospheres

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Mars

Definition

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Mass:

Diameter:

Distance from Sun:

Orbits in

Rotates in

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Venus

Definition

[image]Mass:

Diameter:

Distance from Sun:

Orbits in

Rotates in

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 Earth

Definition

[image]Mass:

Diameter:

Distance from Sun: ~1 AU

Orbits in 365 days

Rotates in 24 hours

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AU

Definition

 

Average distance from Earth to the Sun

93 million miles

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 Mercury

Definition

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Mass:

Diameter:

Distance from Sun:

Orbits in 88 Earth days

Rotates in 59 Earth days

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Tectonics

Definition

A natural force that causes crust movement and is caused by the movement of hot material underneath the crust

Causes earthquakes, valleys, mountains, etc.

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