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Earth's Early History

Authored by Stephanie Ard

Science

9th Grade

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Earth's Early History
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1.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

What is the FIRST event in the formation of the solar system?

About 4.5 billion years ago pieces of rock and ice accumulate more material until they grow into planets and moons.

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

None of the above.

2.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

What force acted on the massive nebula to collapse it and eventually form our sun?

electrostatic force
strong force
 weak force
gravity

Tags

NGSS.HS-PS2-4

3.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

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.

4.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

when dust and gas gravitate together and form ever larger bodies

absolution

attrition

accretion

erosion

5.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

The protoplanets kept:

Colliding and breaking apart
Colliding and sticking together
Colliding and bouncing around
Breaking down into smaller pieces

6.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

Why are meteorites important to evidence when estimating the age of Earth?

Meteorites are most likely debris ejected from the sun and moon.

Meteorites come from bodies in space that formed along with the planets and are thought to have similar compositions to Earth's layers.

Meteorites formed far outside the solar system at the same time Earth formed.

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NGSS.HS-ESS1-6

7.

DRAG AND DROP QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

Moon formed from a​ (a)   colliding with Earth during the ​ (b)   . This means the rocks on the ​ (c)   are ​ (d)   Earth, since they formed at ​ (e)   time.

protoplanet
Heavy Bombardment Period
Moon
the same age as
asteroid
Accretion Disk
older than
younger than
the same
a different

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NGSS.HS-ESS1-6

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