Solar System Review 2024

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What is the difference between an asteroid and a moon?

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Moons orbit planets while asteroids orbit the sun.

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What happens to gravity as the mass of interacting objects increases?

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Gravity increases.

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What are protoplanetary disks?

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Disks of matter formed from dust and gas pushed outward while the sun’s gravity pulls matter inward.

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What are dwarf planets?

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Objects similar to planets but not large enough to have cleared their orbital region of other objects.

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What force caused the collapse of the massive nebula to form the sun?

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Gravity.

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What is the primary component of the solar system?

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The sun.

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What are comets primarily made of?

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Ice, dust, and rocky material.

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What is the Kuiper Belt?

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A region of the solar system beyond Neptune, filled with small icy bodies.

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What is the Oort Cloud?

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A theoretical cloud of icy objects believed to surround the solar system.

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What is nuclear fusion?

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The process that powers the sun, where hydrogen atoms combine to form helium, releasing energy.