Origin of the Solar System

The solar nebula that formed our solar system was thought to be put in motion by a ______.

• nearby supernova

• black hole

• creative intelligence

• condensation nucleus

What is most likely to be found in a nebula?

• planets

• asteroids

• stars

• gas clouds

The scientist who first challenged the Earth-centered Universe model was _______.

• Newton

• Ptolemy

• Copernicus

• Galilei

All of the following are hypotheses of the formation of the solar system EXCEPT

• Big Bang Hypothesis

• Nebular Hypothesis

• Protoplanet Hypothesis

• Encounter Hypothesis

Our solar system began as a ________.

• quasar

• neutron star

• nebula

• atom

What is the age of our solar system?

• 4.7 billion years old

• 4.6 million years olm

• 500 billion years old

• 17.2 billion years old

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NGSS.MS-ESS1-4

The expansion of the universe is ________.

• a steady process with no identifiable events

• a steady process that is punctuated by abrupt transitions

• a jumpy process that is completely unpredictable.

• no longer occurring today.

What are Nebular Clouds?

• an interstellar cloud of dust, hydrogen, helium and other ionized gases

• an increase (or decrease) in the frequency of sound, light, or other waves

• the galaxy that contains our Solar System

• a particle attracts every other particle in the universe

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NGSS.HS-ESS1-3

Which of the following puts the events in order from first to last?

• Big Bang, our sun, first star, life on Earth

• Big Bang, first star, our sun, life on Earth

• Big Bang, life on Earth, our sun, first star

• First star, Big bang, life on Earth, our sun

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NGSS.HS-ESS1-1

NGSS.HS-ESS1-2

A model of the universe in which Earth is at the center of the revolving planets and stars. This includes the sun revolving around the Earth. This model is no longer supported.

• Heliocentric

• Geocentric

• Paleozoic

• Mesozoic

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NGSS.MS-ESS1-1