The chart below shows the average surface temperature or temperature range for each of the eight planets. Planet Temperature Mercury 100-700 K Venus 735 K Earth 287 K Mars 227 K Jupiter 112-165 K Saturn 84-134 K Uranus 53-76 K Neptune 55-72 K What conclusion can be drawn from this information?

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Gavyn Ford

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18 July, 08:55

The chart below shows the average surface temperature or temperature range for each of the eight planets. Planet Temperature Mercury 100-700 K Venus 735 K Earth 287 K Mars 227 K Jupiter 112-165 K Saturn 84-134 K Uranus 53-76 K Neptune 55-72 K What conclusion can be drawn from this information?

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Bob · Answer 1

Earth and the other inner planets have higher average surface temperatures than the outer planets.

Sage Good · Answer 2

So, we are given planets, arranged from the nearest to the furthest from the Sun, and their average surface temperatures.

The most prominent feature of this chart is that the surface temperature decreases further the planet is from the Sun. That also seems logical, since the planets in our Solar system recieve the heat from the Sun; further they are less heat they recieve.

So, if we group the planets into inner (first four) and outer (last four) we can say that the average surface temperature of the inner planets (including the Earth) is higher than the average of the outer planets.