Chapter 3: The Formation of the Solar System

This is a large cloud of gas and dust in interstellar space, that is, a region of space where stars are born or where stars explode at the end of their lives

This is a cloud of gas and dust that formed our solar system

Reorder the following formation of the solar system steps.

• Planetesimals begin to form within the swirling disc.

• As the largest planetesimals grow in size, their gravity attracts more gas and dust.

• The solar nebula rotates and becomes warmer near its center.

• Smaller planetesimals collide with larger ones, and planets begin to grow. A star is born and the remaining gas and dust are blown out of the new solar system.

• The young solar nebula begins to collapse.

If the temperature was too hot for gasses to remain, the planet became a rocky planet. This happened to the _____ planets.

The _____ of the sun forms the sun's outer atmosphere.

The _____ of the sun is a thin region below the corona, only 30,000 km thick.

The ________ is the visible part of the sun that we can see from earth.

The _______________ is a region in the sun about 200,000 km thick where gasses circulate.

The ____________ is a very dense region of the sun about 300,000 km thick.

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The _______ of the sun is at the center and is where the sun's energy is produced.