SOLAR SYSTEM

Detailed explanation-1: -From top: Mercury, Venus, Earth and Mars. The planets Mercury, Venus, Earth, and Mars, are called terrestrial because they have a compact, rocky surface like Earth’s terra firma. The terrestrial planets are the four innermost planets in the solar system.

Detailed explanation-2: -Statement 1: Mercury, Venus, Earth and Mars are known as inner planets. They have less number of moons or no moons. Statement 2: Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus and Neptune are known as outer planets.

Detailed explanation-3: -Mercury: Of the inner planets, Mercury is the closest to our Sun and the smallest of the terrestrial planets. This small planet looks very much like the Earth’s Moon and is even a similar grayish color, and it even has many deep craters and is covered by a thin layer of tiny particle silicates.

Detailed explanation-4: -The Inner Planets. The Inner Planets are the four planets which have the closest orbits to the Sun. These are Mercury, Venus, Earth and Mars. It is this close proximity to the Sun that allowed the the temperatures for the rock and metal to condense .

Detailed explanation-5: -) In contrast, the four outer planets, also called the Jovian, or giant, planets-Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, and Neptune-are large objects with densities less than 2 grams per cubic cm; they are composed primarily of hydrogen and helium (Jupiter and Saturn) or of ice, rock, hydrogen, and helium (Uranus and Neptune).…