Formation of the Solar System and Gravity

Formation of the Solar System and Gravity

8th Grade

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Formation of the Solar System and Gravity

Formation of the Solar System and Gravity

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1.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

--------------------------- formed when dust grains stuck together, and then eventually increased in size until they were kilometers sized objects.

planetesimals

stars

planets

asteroids

2.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

How did the sun form?

It formed when the solar nebula collapsed

It formed when gas and ice collided and exploded

It formed when fusion began in the center of the protostellar disk

There is no such thing as a sun.

3.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

The density of gas in a collapsing interstellar cloud is low at first, but ____________________draws matter together until it is concentrated enough to form a star and possibly planets.

space

mass

gravity

dust

4.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Where in the protoplanetary disk did the rocky planets form?

In the cold temperatures of the outer disk

In the hot temperatures of the inner disk

The formed in the outer disk but then moved in.

They formed in the inner disk and then moved out

5.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

45 sec • 1 pt

Media Image
Which model has greater gravitational attraction (if any)
Model A
Model B
Both Model A and Model B (same gravity)

6.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

What happened first in the formation of the planets?

The Sun Forms

The Planetesimals form

The Planets form

The Solar Nebula Collapses

7.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

As distance between two objects increase the pull of gravity 
Increases
Decreases
Stays the same

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