Solar System Formation Homework

Questions for Solar System Formation.

Chapter 8

Review Questions: 6. What is the frost line in the solar nebula? Explain how temperature differences led to the formation of two distinct types of planets.

7. Briefly describe the process by which terrestrial planets are thought to have formed.

Quick quiz: 25. How many of the planets orbit the Sun in the same direction that Earth does? (a) few (b) most (c) all.

27. The solar nebula way 98% … (a) rock and metal (b) hydrogen compounds (c) hydrogen and helium.

29. What is Jupiter’s main ingredient? (a) rock and metal (b) hydrogen compounds (c) hydrogen and helium

30. Which lists the major steps of solar system formation in the correct order? (a) collapse, accretion, condensation (b) accretion, condensation, collapse (c) collapse, condensation, accretion.

34. About how old is the solar system? (a) 4.5 million years (b) 4.5 billion years (c) 4.5 trillion years.