Inner Planets

Trapping of heat by the atmosphere

• Mercury

• terrestrial planets

• greenhouse effect

Tags

NGSS.HS-ESS2-4

NGSS.HS-ESS3-5

Has liquid water and a suitable temperature range and atmosphere for living things to survive

• Mercury

• Venus

• Earth

• Mars

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-4

NGSS.MS-LS2-3

Has a thick atmosphere, an unusual pattern of rotation, and hottest surface of any planet

• Mercury

• Venus

• Earth

• Mars

Smallest terrestrial planet and closest to the sun

• Mercury

• Venus

• Earth

• Mars

Has ice now and shows evidence of seasonal liquid water today and in the past

• Mercury

• Venus

• Earth

• Mars

Inner planets that are small and dense, have rocky surfaces

• gas plannets

• terrestrial planets

• greenhouse effect