WorksheetsFormation of the Solar System
Total questions: 11
Worksheet time: 22mins
A giant cloud of gas and dust that collapsed to form our solar system
solar nebual
planetismal
heavy bombardment
frost line
Small asteroid-like bodies, the word literally means pieces of planets.
heavy bombardment
solar nebula
planetismals
frost line
What is the process that begins a star's life?
heavy bombardment
supernova explosion
combustion
nuclear fusion
What is the driving force behind the formation of the solar system?
nuclear fusion
gravity
laws of motion
friction
The circle in the solar system, inside which its too hot for solid ice, and outside its cold enough for ice to form
frost line
solar nebula
heavy bombardment
planetismal
Which of the following describes the inner planets the best?
they are large and gaseous
they are large and rocky
they are small and gaseous
they are small and rocky
Which of the following describes the outer planets the best?
they are small and gaseous
they are large and rocky
they are small and rocky
they are large and gaseous
Where do asteroids come from?
comets
the sun
the big bang
left over rocks from the formation of the solar system
When did most of the asteroids hit planets and moons
they didn't, most of them are still in space
period of heavy bombardment
big bang
What is the theory called that explains how our solar system was formed?
Universal Gravitation Theory
Big Bang Theory
Theory of Relativity
Accretion Theory
What's the driving force behind the formation of the solar system?
Nuclear Fusion
Friction
Gravity
Laws of Motion
