Formation of the Sun

The majority of asteroids are found between the orbits of which among the following?

• Mars and Jupiter

• Earth and Mars

• Jupiter and Saturn

• Saturn and Uranus

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

About 4.6 billion years ago, a cloud of stellar dust or nebula exists within the Milky Way. What happened next?

• Shock waves hit the nebula causing it to collapse.

• The energy enriched nebula begins to contract further due to gravity.

• Supernova of a nearby star occurs.

Shock waves hit the nebula causing it to collapse. Then what?

• Supernova of a nearby star occurs.

• The energy enriched nebula begins to contract further due to gravity.

• The nebula begins to spin and flatten.

The energy enriched nebula begins to contract further due to gravity. Then what?

• The center of the nebula begins to get hot and dense.

• Shock waves hit the nebula causing it to collapse.

• The nebula begins to spin and flatten.

The center of the nebula begins to get hot and dense. Then what?

• The nebula begins to spin and flatten.

• The SUN is born, fusion begins in the core.

• A protostar forms in the center of the nebula.

A protostar forms in the center of the nebula. Then what?

• Shock waves hit the nebula causing it to collapse.

• The center of the nebula begins to get hot and dense.

• The SUN is born, fusion begins in the core.

The theory that explains the formation of the solar system is called ____.

• Nebulis Theory
• Nebular Theory
• Big Bang Theory
• Big Nebulan Theory

What is the age of the Earth?

• 4.6 million years

• 46 years

• 4.6 billion years

• 13 billion years

How do we know how old the earth/solar system are?

• Evidence found in rocks and meteorites

• Evidence found in the middle of the sun

• There is no evidence

• Evidence found in fossils