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terrestrial planets |
The name often given to the four inner planets: Mercury, Venus, Earth, and Mars
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the greenhouse effect |
The process by which heat is trapped in the atmosphere by water vapor, carbon dioxide, methane, and other gases that form a “blanket” around Earth; the trapping of heat by a planet’s atmosphere. |
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ring |
A thin disk of small ice and rock particles surrounding a planet. |
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gas giant |
The name often given to the first four outer planets: Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, and Neptune. |
