The Planets/solar System Worksheet Page 2
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4CHAPTER 3 The Planets continued pg. 2
The Inner Planets
Section 2
Directions: Write the names of the inner planets as headings in the chart in the order of their position from the Sun.
Then fill in the chart using information from your textbook.
Planet 1.
Planet 2.
Planet 3.
Planet 4.
5.
6.
7.
8.
Size and
small, solid
composition
& rocky
9.
10.
11.
12.
Atmosphere
thin layers of
dense clouds of
CO
, some
___________
2
nitrogen & argon
& sulfuric acid
13.
14.
15.
16.
greenhouse
allows H 2 O to
Temperatures
effect
exist in all states
–50°to 40°C
temp of
17.
18.
19.
20.
reddish-yellow rocks,
Surface
oceans,
rifts, craters,
features
,
land masses,
volcanoes
_____________
polar ice caps
_____________
21.
22.
23.
24.
Moons
none
none
(number/
names)
25.
26.
27.
28.
Mariner 9
Space
Mariner 10
Mars Global Surveyor
Mariner 2
none
probes
Mars Pathfinder
Venera 7
&
Magellan
2013 Book J Astronomy
Glencoe McGraw-Hill
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