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Grade 12 Science · Problem type
How the solar system formed
Use this for “Put the stages of the solar system’s formation in order.”
Put in order
Put the stages of the solar system’s formation in order.
1
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2
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3
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4
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5
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Assumptions
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It all began about 4.6 billion years ago with a cloud of gas and dust.
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Near the Sun only rock and metal stay solid; past the frost line ice does too, so the outer planets grew big.
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