In the United States, the Bureau of Labor Statistics computes the consumer price index which is used to find inflation rates. The bureau states that the consumer price index âis a measure of the average change over time in the prices paid by urban consumers for a market basket of consumer goods and services.â.
The earth ulis called a blue planet because of the presence of abundance of water in it. About 70 percent of the earth's crust is covered with water. And this imparts it with a blue colour as seen from the space.
The inner planets (Mars, Earth, Venus, and Mercury) are known as rocky planets specifically because they are solid. The basic anatomy of any rocky planet is a crust (surface), mantle, and a core.he outer planets (Jupiter, Saturn are known as gas giants. Obviously because they are made of gas with a cloudy surface. If you were to step on one of the gas giants, you would sink right through the surface and die. Uranus, and Neptune are now known as the Ice Giants because they are comprised of mainly ice.