Formation of Solar System

Multiple Choice

Which orbits of the following planets are the majority of asteroids found in between?

• Mars and Jupiter

• Earth and Mars

• Jupiter and Saturn

• Saturn and Uranus

Multiple Choice

What is the correct order of the planets in the Solar System, starting closest to the Sun?

• Mercury, Mars, Earth, Venus, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune

• Mercury, Mars, Venus, Earth, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune

• Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars, Jupiter, Neptune, Uranus, Saturn

• Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune

Multiple Choice

Which of the following refers to substantial objects, resembling asteroids in size and composition, that formed early in the development of the solar system?

• Protoplanets

• Planetesimals

• Blocks

• Nebula

Multiple Choice

Which of the following is a likely consequence if the nebular theory of the origin of the solar system is true?

• there may be many planetary systems in the galaxy

• the sun is much older than the planets

• the sun once spun much more slowly than it does today

• the sun once had a binary companion

Reorder

Reorder the following events of the nebular theory

• Formation of the nebula

• Protosun forming

• Spinning planetary disk

• Solar System

• Protoplanets and moon forming

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