Formation of stars quiz

what does the kuiper belt contain

• rocks

• liquid and gases

• remnants from the solar systems formation

• dust and other particles

what is the biggest planet in the solar system

• Jupiter

• Neptune

• Uranus

• mercury

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what is a protoplanetary disk

• rocks and dust mixed together

• a rotating circumstellar disk of dense gas and dust

• the sun ten billion years after being born

• gas

how old is the solar system

• 5 days

• 10 million years old

• about 13.7 billion years old

• 4.5 billion years old

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how many planets does our solar system have

• 8

• 9

• 7

• 6

how many years did it take for our planets to form

• 100,000,000 years

• 100,000 years

• 10 billion years

• 4 years

how was our solar system formed

• only gas

• rocks and metal

• a cloud of gas and dust.

• iron

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why are the outer planets of our solar system more cold

• they are the farthest away from the sun which is their only source of heat

• their bigger

• they are smaller

• none of the above

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what was the cloud of gas that created our solar system called

• drake

• baker

• system creator

• molecular cloud

which region of the protoplanetary disk was the hottest

• both

• the region that was the closest to the sun

• the region that was the farthest from the sun

• none of the above