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9. Recognize that the other eight (seven) known planets, which revolve around the Sun, have characteristics and surface conditions that are different from Earth; and identify examples of those differences.
12. Understand that Earth, the Sun and the Moon are part of a solar system that occupies only a tiny part of the known universe.
PLANETS
INNER PLANETS
The four planets closest to the Sun - Mercury, Venus, Earth, and Mars - are called the terrestrial planets because they have solid rocky surfaces.
OUTER PLANETS
The four large planets beyond the orbit of Mars - Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, and Neptune - are called gas giants. Tiny, distant, Pluto has a solid but icier surface than the terrestrial planets.
PLANTS
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