Long answer type questions
Differentiate between: (a) inner and outer planets, (b) asteroids and meteoroids (c) planets
and stars.
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Explanation:
(a)Mercury, Venus, Earth, and Mars are the planets closest to the Sun. They are called the inner planets. The inner planets are made up mostly of rock. The outer planets are Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, and Neptune.
(b)Asteroids, meteors, and meteorites … ... Asteroid: a large rocky body in space, in orbit around the Sun.
Meteoroid: much smaller rocks or particles in orbit around the Sun.
Meteor: If a meteoroid enters the Earth's atmosphere and vaporizes, it becomes a meteor, which is often called a shooting star.
(c)A planet is usually defined as an object (which might be solid, liquid, gas, or a combination of all three) which is too small to produce nuclear fusion (which is the process by which the sun burns) and which orbits a star. The Earth is an example of a planet and orbits the sun, which is a star.
Explanation:
(a)Inner planets are the planets which are close to the sun very small in size and a terrestrial. They are in front of the asteroid belt. there are four inner planets, mercury, Venus Earth and Mars.
outer planets are the planets which are far from the sun, big in size and are gaseous. they are located behind the asteroid belt there are four outer planets Jupiter Saturn Uranus and Neptune.
(b) asteroids are very big in size as compared to meteoroids. the one that is smaller than meteoroids are called meteors.
(c) planets are small all objects revolving around a star most cases. planets don't have their own light.They reflect back the light coming from the nearby celestial object.
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