1 - Formation of Planets Review

What were the first atoms to be created after the Big Bang?

• Hydrogen

• Helium

• Lithium

• Boron

In the first instant after the Big Bang, there was NO MATTER - only energy!

• True

• False

Big Bang nucleosynthesis is the creation of...

• New Stars

• New Atoms

• New Planets

• New Big Bangs

Nebulae collapse (gravity) into dense balls and form...

• New Planets

• New Stars

• New Comets

• New Asteroids

Stellar nucleosynthesis - where stars fashion larger __________________

• Atoms

• Planets

• Stars

• Moons

The formation of planets, moons, asteroids and comets from the material that did not become part of the star - is called...

• Big Bang nucleosynthesis

• Stellar nucleosynthesis

• Nebular Theory

• Differentiation

What are the FIRST building materials of planets?

• Plaentesimals

• Protoplanets

• Volatile elements

• Stars

In the beginning, our Earth's interior was _________________________.

• Layered

• Homogeneous

• Heterogenous

• Different