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Formation of the Solar System
Formation of the Solar System
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The Formation of Our Solar System
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Which planets have a longer orbit?
inner peaks
outer planets
inner planets
stars
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Our ____________________is made up of the planets and their moons all in orbit around the Sun.
solar system
galaxy
universe
milky way
3
Some of the matter that did not go into making the sun condensed into the ______.
planets
sonic boom
nebula
helium
4
What is the 4th planet?
The Sun
Jupiter
Venus
Mars
5
The solar system formed when a cloud of dust and gas collapsed under its own gravity to form _
the accretion
the sun
nuclear fusion
comets
6
Which planets do not have a solid surface?
inner planets
outer planets
planet fitness
red planets
7
The orbits of all planets are ______.
shark-shaped
elliptical
parabolic
rectangular
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The more mass an object has, the greater its _________.
gravitational pull
acceleration
nebulas
spinning
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The time it takes a planet to complete one full rotation on its axis
ROTATION
YEAR
DAY
REVOLUTION
10
The inner planets are __ because this matter condensed at hotter temperatures closer to the sun
hydrogen
rocky
gaseous
carbon
11
Gas clouds called _____ provided the raw material that became the first stars.
nuclei
accretion
nebulas
planets
12
Which planet or planets have rings?
Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, and Neptune
Neptune and Pluto
Saturn and Uranus
Only Saturn
13
What is the Perihelion?
The farthest point in orbit from the sun
The closest point in orbit to the sun
The North pole
The Earths orbit
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The planet compositions are different depending on how close they are to the ____.
moon
Earth
nebula
sun
15
The farther away a planet, the ____ it takes to make a revolution around the sun.
shorter
planet
heavier
longer
16
Which of these planets has the longest orbit?
Mercury
Neptune
Earth
Mars
17
When an object orbits another object, it is said to _______________________.
rotate
spin
sway
revolve
18
What is The Aphelion?
The closest point in orbit from the sun
The orbit of the Moon
The South Pole
The farthest point in orbit from the sun
19
As particles travel around a newborn star they collide and clump together in a process called _
accretion
planetesimalizing
nuclear fusion
collision
20
Gases and dust from stars collect in large gas clouds called _______.
accretion
oceans
nebulae (plural of nebula)
moons
21
In order for a ____ to form, gases in space must come together in a dense, rotating cloud.
asteroid
ring
satellite
star
22
Which planet is one of the gas giants?
moon
Jupiter
Earth
Coruscant
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What is a nebula?
a moon
a cloud of gas and dust
the death of a star
a planet in our solar system
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Which of these planets is solid and rocky?
Uranus
Venus
Saturn
Neptune