Solar System Formation Quiz

What needs to occur for a protostar to become a star?

• Condensation must occur

• Accretion must occur

• Nuclear Fusion

• Nuclear Fission

What are the correct steps to planet formation?

• Condensation, Accretion, Gravitational Collapse

• Condensation, Gravitational Collapse, Accretion

• Accretion, Gravitational Collapse, Condensation

• Accretion, Condensation, Gravitational Collapse

What event was the catalyst for solar system formation?

• A black hole entered the nebula

• A supernova explosion

• Our nebula expanded rapidly

• It happens naturally by itself

Beyond the frost line, you are likely to find

• Only gases condense beyond the frost line

• Mostly Hydrogen ices, with some rocks and metals

• Rocks and metals only

• Nothing condenses beyond the frost line

Objects in our solar system revolve around the sun in a ___________ motion

• Clockwise

• Counterclockwise

• Different objects revolve different ways

Objects in our solar system revolve in an orbital p________

• plane

• pattern

• perihelion

• planetesimal

If your solar system forms in an area with a very small amount of hydrogen ices, your outer planets will be...

• Small

• Big

• Not enough information

What type of nebula do stars form in?

• Supernova explosion remnants

• Diffuse Nebula

• Planetary Nebula

Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars are all

• Terrestrial (inner) Planets

• Jovian (outer) Planets

Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune are all...

• Terrestrial (inner) Planets

• Jovian (outer) Planets