Which of the following did NOT happen to many leftover planetesimals in the early solar system?

Melted and dispersed into interstellar space.

The Astronomical Unit is associated with which of the following distances?

The distance between the Sun and the Earth.

The fact that our star has planets is evidence that:

Our Solar System formed from supernova debris.

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1
Which of the following did NOT happen to many leftover planetesimals in the early solar system?
Pushed out by Uranus & Neptune to the Kuiper Belt.
Melted and dispersed into interstellar space.
Kicked out by Jupiter & Saturn to the Oort Cloud.
Captured as moons around the gas giants.
2
What direction do all the planets orbit the Sun?
Up
North
Clockwise
Counterclockwise
3
Which objects do NOT orbit the Sun on the ecliptic plane?
Jupiter and Uranus
Venus and Saturn
Mercury and Pluto
Earth and Mars
4
The Astronomical Unit is associated with which of the following distances?
The distance between the Earth and Mars.
The distance between the Sun and edge of the solar system.
The distance between the Earth and the Moon.
The distance between the Sun and the Earth.
5
The process by which the planets slowly accumulated mass and grow is called:
Growing
Condensation
Legos
Accretion
6
How many stars are in our Solar System?
Too many to count!!!
100 Billion
1
100 Million
7
The Solar System came from:
A Solar Eclipse
A Solar Storm
A Solar Nebula
A Solar Mom
8
The Solar System is 100% dependent on:
The Sun
Humans
The Earth
It doesn't require anything
9
How many planets are there in our Solar System?
1
8
9
26
10
Thinking of the Solar Nebular Theory, which prediction is NOT true about the planets?
They should all orbit the same direction.
they should all orbit on the ecliptic plane.
They should all rotate the same direction.
They should all have life.
11
After the formation of the Sun, what pushed the remaining gas to the outer Solar System?
The School Bully
Solar Wind
Gravity
Nova Force
12
The fact that our star has planets is evidence that:
Our Solar System formed from supernova debris.
Our Star is a Generation 1 Star.
Our Solar System is roughly 13.8 Billion Years Old.
Alien life exists.

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