Review: The Solar System

Which planet is rocky?

• Venus

• Saturn

• Jupiter

• Uranus

Which of these is the FIRST STEP in solar system formation?

• Gas and dust condensed to form a solar nebula

• Planetesimals formed.

• A star exploded.

• A Protosun formed in the center of the cloud.

Which takes longer to form?

• Rocky planets

• Gas Giants

Match the following

• largest planet

• Saturn

• looks like the Moon

• Mercury

• hottest planet

• Jupiter

• covered in rovers

• Mars

• could float on water

• Venus

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS1-2

NGSS.MS-ESS1-3

What planet is this?

• Jupiter

• Saturn

• Uranus

• Neptune

Protoplanets form from...

• planetesimals

• planets

• planetary embryos

• protosuns

Which of the following is NOT a theory for moon creation?

• Co-Formation Theory

• Nebular Theory

• Capture Theory

• Giant Impact Theory

Which of the following is NOT a Galilean moon?

• Triton

• Callisto

• Io

• Europa

Order the events that formed the solar system.

• formation of the solar nebula

• formation of the protosun

• formation of the planetesimals

• formation of the protoplanets

• formation of the planets

All of the gas giants have moons and _____