S10 - Formation of the solar system

The Sun is a ___ type star

• G

• K

• H

• V

Which would you expect to have the shortest orbital period?

• The gas giant planets

• The terrestrial planets

• Objects in the Oort cloud

• The solar system orbiting the center of the galaxy

Where is the asteroid belt located?

• Closer to the Sun than Mercury

• Between the terrestrial and gas giant planets

• Just past the orbit of Neptune

• Far beyond the solar system

True or False: The gas giant planets are completely made of gases

• TRUE

• FALSE

How are dwarf planets different from normal planets in our solar system?

• Dwarf planets are larger

• Dwarf planets have more erratic orbits

• Dwarf planets are more consistently shaped

• Dwarf planets have more stable orbits

You see something located 70 AU from the sun, it is likely in the ___

• Terrestrial planet region

• Asteroid belt

• Kuiper belt

• Oort cloud

The time when 1/2 of a radioactive element decays into its stable form is known as the ___

• Half-life

• Half-time

• Second life

• Half-decay

Immediately before the solar system formed, there was ___ in its place

• Nothing

• A white dwarf

• A primordial nebula

• Another solar system

The Sun derives its energy by ___ of ___

• Nuclear fusion, hydrogen

• Nuclear fusion, helium

• Nuclear fission, hydrogen

• Nuclear fission, helium

The model of solar system formation where small things clumped together slowly is called the ___ model

• Core accretion

• Disk instability

• Solis formis

• Nice model