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How were the planets in the solar system formed?(1 point)
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The solid materials were forced out of the sun's disc and cooled down.
The solid materials were forced out of the sun's disc and cooled down.
The gas particles released by the sun were pulled away and became solid.
The gas particles released by the sun were pulled away and became solid.
The dust particles were attracted by gravity from distant galaxies.
The dust particles were attracted by gravity from distant galaxies.
The remaining materials from the sun's formation clumped together due to gravity.
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The remaining materials from the sun's formation clumped together due to gravity.
This answer accurately reflects the current scientific understanding of how planets formed in the solar system through a process known as accretion, where dust and gas in the protoplanetary disk around the young sun came together due to gravitational attraction.
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