GK
SOLAR SYSTEM
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Question
[CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
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Gas Giants
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Terrestrial Planets
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Either A or B
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None of the above
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Detailed explanation-1: -What is a gas giant? A gas giant is a large planet mostly composed of helium and/or hydrogen. These planets, like Jupiter and Saturn in our solar system, don’t have hard surfaces and instead have swirling gases above a solid core.
Detailed explanation-2: -The atmospheres of Jupiter and Saturn are made almost entirely of hydrogen and helium, although there is some evidence they contain hydrogen compounds. Uranus and Neptune are made primarily of hydrogen compounds, with smaller traces of hydrogen, helium, metal and rock.
Detailed explanation-3: -The planets that are composed of the main gases in our solar system are known as ‘gas giants’. There are four gas giant planets in our solar system-Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune. The Mercury planet does not contain any kind of atmosphere.