Solar Nebula Theory

How old is the solar system?

• 4.6 million years

• 46 years

• 4.6 billion years

• 13 billion years

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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.

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

• electrostatic force

• strong force

•  weak force

• gravity

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What is the nebular hypothesis?

• Prediction about how the universe was formed

• Prediction of how the moon was formed

• Prediction of how comets were formed

• Prediction of how the Solar System was formed

What caused the nebula to collapse and start spinning?

• Supernova

• Asteroid collision

• Big Bang

• Nearby star exploded

the planets of the solar system formed as 

• the center of the gas cloud cooled

• planetesimals flattened into a rotating disk

• planetesimals collided into one another

• the sun absorbed extra gas and dust from the solar system

How long ago was our sun formed?

• 10 million years ago

• 5 million years ago

• 4.5 billion years ago

• 2 billion years ago

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Nebulae are primarily composed of what element?

• Hydrogen

• Helium

• Other hard elements

• Zinc

The theory that explains how the solar system was formed is known as:

• The solar nebula theory

• The big bang theory

• The theory of gravity

• The solar eclipse theory

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What is the Solar Nebula Theory?

• A) A theory about the formation of stars

• B) A theory about the formation of the universe

• C) A theory about the formation of the solar system

• D) A theory about the formation of galaxies

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