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Formation of the Solar System, Models of the solar system and more!
Formation of the Solar System, Models of the solar system and more!
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What are the 4 Gas Giants?
Saturn, Mercury, Uranus, Mars
Venus, Mars, Neptune, Mercury
Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Venus
Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune
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Where does nuclear fusion take place within a star?
The core
The corona
The surface
The photosphere
3
Plantesimals formed from the collisions of meter-sized bodies in this protoplanetary disk.
B
A
C
D
4
What is the smallest planet in the solar system?
Venus
Mercury
Neptune
Mars
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What are the terrestrial planets
Mercury Venus, Earth, Saturn
Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars
Earth, Mars, Jupiter, Mercury
Venus, Earth, Mars, Jupiter
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How did our solar system form?
Formed by a really dense cloud of gas and dust.
By magic
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Which group of people first suggested the geocentric model
Australians
Greeks
Russians
Americans
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As the nebula contracted, it began to rotate. Faster rotation = flattened = protostellar disk
E
A
C
B
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Which is NOT a characteristic of terrestrial planets?
made of metal/rock
hot/warm
far from the sun
close to the sun
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What theory tries to explain the formation of the Solar System?
Secular
Granular
Nebular
Tubular
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Who developed the Geocentric Model and had long lasting theories?
Claudius Ptolemy
Aristotle
Galileo Galilei
Nicolaus Copernicus
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What is the difference between Geocentric And Heliocentric?
Geocentric = sun center sun Heliocentric = earth
Geocentric = earth in center Heliocentric= sun in center
No difference
13
Correct sequence of planets.
mercury, venus, earth, mars, jupiter, saturn, uranus, neptune
idk
titan,jupiter, saturn,neptune, europa, sun, earth, mars
earth, saturn, mars, jupiter, mercury, venus, neptune, uranus
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What was Galileo famous for?
His discovery of the four most massive moons of Jupiter
His discovery of mars
His discovery of the moon
His discovery of jupiter
15
The sun formed at the center of the protostellar disk
True
False
16
What's the order of mercury in the solar system ?
4th
1st
2nd
3rd
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What is the name of our current model of the solar system?
geocentric
heliocentric
I have no idea
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The protostellar disk eventually becomes the _______ once ________ form from dust granules.
protoplanetary disk, planetesimals
protoplanetary disk, apehlions
protodiscular disk, baby planets
protopokemon disk, planetesimals
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Which planets formed in the inner disk of the protoplanetary disk?
Super Nova
Super Giants
Terrestrials
Gas Giants
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How big are all dwarf planets?
Twice the size of Earths moon
Smaller than Earths moon
Much Larger than Earths moon
Slightly bigger than Earths moon
21
Which two gases are involved in nuclear fusion?
Hydrogen and carbon
Helium and hydrogen
Helium and neon
Hydrogen and oxygen
22
Who was the person who proposed the heliocentric model of the solar system
Copernicus
Aristotle
Aristarchus
Kepler
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Who
provided evidence
for the heliocentric model?
Kepler
Galileo
Ptolemy
Copernicus
24
The sun is the center of the solar system because...
nuclear fusion
gravity
heat
earths rotation
25
Which planets formed in the outer disk of the protoplanetary disk?
Super Giants
Terrestrials
Gas Giants
Super Nova
26
Huge loops of gas are what ?
prominences
gas loops
loops of fire
Saturn rings
27
Jupiter is made of gas
False
True
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Inside the protostellar disk, it was extremely hot and energy was released from what?
ultraviolet light
radiation
nuclear fusion
super nova
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Define Heliocentric
Having the sun as center
Having the earth as center
Having the church as center
Having the moon as center
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How does the nebular theory describe the formation of the solar system?
Matter form the Big Bang we’re blasted into space and form
A cloud of spinning dust and&condensed into sun&planets
An asteroid collision broke apart & became plants and sun
A star exploded & created the planets we have today
