UNIVERSE
PLANETARY FORMATION
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Question
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Which of the following is NOT true of all the inner planets?
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they are made ofsolid rock
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they are called gasgiants
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they have norings
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they have impactcraters
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Explanation:
Detailed explanation-1: -In this terminology, since Uranus and Neptune are primarily composed of ices, not gas, they are more commonly called ice giants and distinct from the gas giants.
Detailed explanation-2: -Gas giants may have a rocky or metallic core but the majority of their mass is in the form of gas (or gas compressed into a liquid state – to get an idea of what this could be like, think of liquid mercury in a thermometer).
Detailed explanation-3: -The temperature of the early solar system explains why the inner planets are rocky and the outer ones are gaseous.
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