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Formation of the Solar System

Total questions: 11

Worksheet time: 22mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

A giant cloud of gas and dust that collapsed to form our solar system

a)

solar nebual

b)

planetismal

c)

heavy bombardment

d)

frost line

2.

Small asteroid-like bodies, the word literally means pieces of planets.

a)

heavy bombardment

b)

solar nebula

c)

planetismals

d)

frost line

3.

What is the process that begins a star's life?

a)

heavy bombardment

b)

supernova explosion

c)

combustion

d)

nuclear fusion

4.

What is the driving force behind the formation of the solar system?

a)

nuclear fusion

b)

gravity

c)

laws of motion

d)

friction

5.

The circle in the solar system, inside which its too hot for solid ice, and outside its cold enough for ice to form

a)

frost line

b)

solar nebula

c)

heavy bombardment

d)

planetismal

6.

Which of the following describes the inner planets the best?

a)

they are large and gaseous

b)

they are large and rocky

c)

they are small and gaseous

d)

they are small and rocky

7.

Which of the following describes the outer planets the best?

a)

they are small and gaseous

b)

they are large and rocky

c)

they are small and rocky

d)

they are large and gaseous

8.

Where do asteroids come from?

a)

comets

b)

the sun

c)

the big bang

d)

left over rocks from the formation of the solar system

9.

When did most of the asteroids hit planets and moons

a)

they didn't, most of them are still in space

b)

period of heavy bombardment

c)

big bang

10.

What is the theory called that explains how our solar system was formed?

a)

Universal Gravitation Theory

b)

Big Bang Theory

c)

Theory of Relativity

d)

Accretion Theory

11.

What's the driving force behind the formation of the solar system?

a)

Nuclear Fusion

b)

Friction

c)

Gravity

d)

Laws of Motion