Solar Nebular Theory

The theory that explains the formation of the solar system is called ____.

• Nebulis Theory
• Nebular Theory
• Big Bang Theory
• Big Nebulan Theory

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NGSS.HS-ESS1-6

What caused the nebula to collapse and start spinning?

• Supernova
• Asteroid collision
• Big Bang
• Nearby star exploded

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NGSS.MS-ESS1-2

What is  the period of revolution?

• How long it takes a planet to orbit the sun
• How long it takes a planet to spin around
• How fast a planet spins
• How elliptical a planet's orbit is

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NGSS.MS-ESS1-2

NGSS.MS-PS2-4

Nebulae are primarily composed of what element?

• Hydrogen
• Helium
• Other hard elements
• Zinc

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NGSS.MS-PS1-1

A giant sphere of glowing gases is a ___________

• Galaxy
• Light-year
• Star
• Magnitude

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NGSS.HS-ESS1-1

NGSS.HS-ESS1-3

The __________ has planets, moons, comets, and asteroids.

• solar system
• earth
• rotation
• United States

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NGSS.MS-ESS1-2

NGSS.MS-ESS1-3

the planets of the solar system formed as 

• the center of the gas cloud cooled
• planetesimals flattened into a rotating disk
• planetesimals collided into one another
• the sun absorbed extra gas and dust from the solar system

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NGSS.HS-ESS1-6

How long ago was our sun formed?

• 10 million years ago
• 5 million years ago
• 4.5 billion years ago
• 2 billion years ago

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NGSS.MS-ESS1-4

What force acted on the massive nebula to collapse it and eventually form our sun?

• electrostatic force
• strong force
•  weak force
• gravity

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NGSS.MS-ESS1-2

NGSS.MS-PS2-4

What is the nebular hypothesis?

• Prediction about how the universe was formed
• Prediction of how the moon was formed
• Prediction of how comets were formed
• Prediction of how the Solar System was formed

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NGSS.MS-ESS1-2