Physics

The age of the solar system is believed to be approximately 4.6 billion years based on the data from ...

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The condensation sequence suggests that ____________ should condense as solids closest to the Sun. ...

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Protoplanets of the Jovian planets could have grown very hot from a. heat from the Sun. b. ...

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The planets all lie in nearly the same plane resulting in a disk-like structure for the solar ...

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The large planetesimals would have grown faster than the smaller planetesimals because a. they ...

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Part of the current atmosphere of Earth is believed to be a. the remnants of the original ...

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The uncompressed density of a planet in our solar system a. is greatest for the Jovian planets. ...

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On a photograph of the Moon, the Moon measures 30 cm in diameter and a small crater measures 0.2 cm. ...

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Suppose that Mercury grew to its present size in 1 million years through the accretion of particles ...

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What observation made of other stars seems to suggest the solar nebula theory is correct? a. ...

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Compared to the terrestrial planets, Jovian planets a. have a higher density. b. have a smaller ...

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How is radioactive dating used to determine the age of an object? a. Both the amounts of ...

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Which planetary fact(s) is(are) explained by the solar nebula theory? a. The orbits are all ...

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The adding of material an atom at a time to create a solid grain or flake is the process of ...

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A planet found orbiting a star other than the Sun is called a(n) ____________. Fill in the ...

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Massive planets create ____________ Doppler shifts of their stars than lower-mass planets. Fill ...

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All old surfaces in the solar system were heavily cratered during the ________________ period by ...

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Jovian worlds that orbit close to their host stars are called ____________. Fill in the blank(s) ...

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Violent impacts of infalling particles release energy called ____________. Fill in the blank(s) ...

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The oldest objects found so far in our solar system are Earth rocks that are 1 billion years old. ...

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The original cloud from which the Sun and planets formed had a composition rich in hydrogen and ...

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The condensation sequence cannot explain the composition of the terrestrial and Jovian planets. ...

Started by Frost2351

Observations in the infrared have detected a dusty disk around the star, Beta Pictoris. a. True ...

Started by sheilaspns

The pressure of sunlight was one of the forces that cleared the solar nebula. a. True b. False ...

Started by rachel9

A planet is much more massive than the star it orbits. a. True b. False Indicate whether the ...

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