Why are there no gas giants close to the sun

It is too hot for gas to stick around

Name the outer planets

Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune

How are planetesimals made

Dust clumps together to form bigger and bigger objects.

The second step in solar system formation is the

nebula collaspes forming a rotating disc

Why do we think there may be a planet X

Shifts in orbits of kuiper belt objects.

Dust and gas is removed from the nebula and only the planets remain.

93 Million Miles, Astronomical Unit

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Formation of the Solar System

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1
Gravity is
A force that pushes things apart
A force that pulls things together.
A Movie
Unexplainable.
2
Where does the star form
In cool empty center
Out with the planetesimals.
In the hot dense center
Somewhere
3
Perseverance will arrive at Mars on
December 31st
May 22nd
Feburary 18th
February 25th
4
Pressure is
Watching some good friends screaming "let me out!"
A force pulling molecules together.
A force pushing molecules apart.
It's the terror of knowing what the world is about
5
What happens first?
Planets form
Star is born
Temperature increases.
The balance between gravity and pressure is upset.
6
The solar nebula heats up and gets denser as it collapses.
False
True
7
Why are there no gas giants close to the sun
It is too hot for gas to stick around
It is too cold
There was none to begin
It is all blown away
8
Asteroids are
misshapen
Chunks of rock and metal orbiting the sun
Left over building blocks
All of the above
9
Name the outer planets
Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune
Mercury, Earth, Mars, and Neptune
Mars, Mercury, Saturn, Earth
Freddie Mercury
10
How are planetesimals made
The big band
They are stolen from other solar systems
Dust clumps together to form bigger and bigger objects.
They fly out of the sun
11
The second step in solar system formation is the
nebula collaspes forming a rotating disc
a star is born
the nebula explodes
supernova
12
Why do we think there may be a planet X
Aliens told us about it
Spotted by hubble.
Observed by telescopes
Shifts in orbits of kuiper belt objects.
13
The fourth step is.
Water is formed
Life begins
Dust and gas is removed from the nebula and only the planets remain.
Comets are made
14
What is a AU
93 Million Miles
Astronomical Unit
A universe
Achooooo
15
Name the inner planets
Mercury, Venus, Earth and Mars
Earth, venus, mercury and saturn.
Jupiter Saturn, Neptune and Pluto.
Mars, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune
16
The third step is
planetesimals start to form
Star explodes
balance is upset
things cool down.
17
Comets are
Have hugely elliptical orbits
Chunks of rock and ice orbiting the sun
All of the above
Known for their plume of gas behind them
18
How many stars are in a solar system
1
10
9
1000
19
Hydrogen Fusion is when a star becomes a star.
False
True
20
Which galaxy is our solar system in
Andromeda
M81
Milky Way
M31

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