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Astronomy Systems The Inner Planets Chapter 3 Section 3
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| terrestrial planets | small, dense, with rocky surfaces |
| inner planets | Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars |
| Earth | surface has liquid water and atmosphere made up of mostly oxygen |
| Mercury | closest to sun, no atmosphere, huge temperature range |
| Venus | thick atmosphere with clouds made of sulfuric acid droplets, hottest surface of any planet |
| greenhouse effect | trapping of heat by a planet's atmosphere |
| Mars | this planet has seasons because of its tilted axis |
| Olympus Mons | largest volcano in the solar system |
| Phobos | it is predicted that this satellite will crash into Mars in about 40 million years |
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