Formation of the Solar System

the spinning motion of a planet on its axis is referred to as the _________ of the planet

• year

• orbital period

• revolution

• rotation

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-6

planets with a solid surface, such as Mars or Mercury

• gas spheres

• earthen vessels

• rocky planets

• ice giants

a rotating cloud of gas and dust from which the sun and planets formed

• solar nebula

• Kuiper Belt

• planetary nebula

• molecular enigma

The idea that the solar system evolved from an enormous rotating cloud of gas & dust over millions of years

• Big Bang Theory

• Nebular Hypothesis

• Planetary Postulate

• Orbital Observation

___________ is an ice giant and rotates on its side

the slow growth in size or mass by adding or accumulating more material

• accretion

• accumulation

• addition

• axiom

a collection of planets orbiting around a central star is considered a _____ ______

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NGSS.MS-ESS1-2

_________ is the planet closest to the Sun; has many craters & shortest year

this object in space is nicknames the red planet; has two moons called Phobos and Deimos

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NGSS.MS-ESS1-3

_________ is the most distant PLANET, windiest, cold & blue