The inner planets are called terrestrial because they are Earthlike: small and rocky planets as opposed to the outer planets which are giant gaseous planets,
The word terrestrial comes from the Latin word terra, meaning Erth.
inner=terrestrial outer=non terrestrial
terrestrial planets
the inner planets are sometimes called Terrestrial Planets
It could be called interstellar space or terrestrial.
The inner planets are known as terrestrial planets, because you can stand on them and they have a solid surface. The inner planets are: * Mercury * Venus * Earth; and * Mars
The four inner [terrestrial] planets: Mercury, Venus, Earth and Mars.
The inner two terrestrial planets are Mercury and Venus.
They are called the terrestrial planets because they are similar to Earth (in fact one of them is Earth.
There is only one that we know of at the moment "Earth". However the 4 inner planets of our solar system - Mercury, Venus, Earth and Mars are all a little "Earth like" and these to are sometimes called "terrestrial planets" but more correctly they should be classified as "rocky" planets.
The inner planets closest to the sun are called rocky or terrestrial: Mercury, Venus, Earth, and Mars for a total of four.
Terrestrial planet is another way of saying rocky planet. The inner rocky planets are; Mercury, Venus, Earth and Mars.
A terrestrial planet is a planet that has a solid surface made of rock.