what are rocky and gas planets
There are the inner, rocky planets and then the outer gas planets. Venus is a rocky planet, as are Mercury, Earth and Mars. The terrestrial (rocky) planets are the 4 inner (closest to the sun behind the asteroid belt) rocky worlds in the Solar System: Mercury, Venus, Earth and Mars. The Gas giants, well, they are Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, and Neptune. The gas and rocky planets are separated by the asteroid belt.