Chapter 3: The Formation of the Solar System

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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
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This is a cloud of gas and dust that formed our solar system
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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.
4.
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If the temperature was too hot for gasses to remain, the planet became a rocky planet. This happened to the _____ planets.
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The _____ of the sun forms the sun's outer atmosphere.
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The _____ of the sun is a thin region below the corona, only 30,000 km thick.
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The ________ is the visible part of the sun that we can see from earth.
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