Formation of the Solar System Quiz

A solar nebula is:

• A spinning disk of plastic

• A spinning disk of dust and gas

• A cloud of just gas
• A disk of just gas

Which force is responsible for the formation of our solar system?

• gravity

• electricity

• magnetism

• friction

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The Earth was the first thing to form from the solar nebula. True or false?

• True

• False

What star formed in the center of our solar system?

• Sun

• moon

• Earth

• Juptier

What did our solar system come from?

• A cloud of dirt and rock

• A cloud of dust and gas

• A cloud of cotton candy

• A cloud of ice and rain

After the Sun was formed, what happened to the rest of the solar nebula?

• It clumped into the planets

• It exploded

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What is similar about the four inner planets?

• They are the biggest

• They are colder and gas

• They are warmer and rocky

• They are covered with snow

planets with a solid surface, such as Mars or Mercury

• gas spheres

• earthen vessels

• rocky planets

• ice giants

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

• Big Bang Theory

• Nebular Theory

• Planetary Postulate

• Orbital Observation

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

• accretion

• accumulation

• addition

• axiom