What did gravity create when 99% of the gas and dust materials were gathered into the center of a flattened disc during the formation of the solar system?
Response: the sun

Question

What did gravity create when 99% of the gas and dust materials were gathered into the center of a flattened disc during the formation of the solar system?(1 point)
Responses

the planets
the planets

the moons of planets
the moons of planets

the asteroid belt
the asteroid belt

the sun

How were the planets in the solar system formed?(1 point)
Responses

The remaining materials from the sun's formation clumped together due to gravity.
The remaining materials from the sun's formation clumped together due to gravity.

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.

What prevents the gravity of the sun to pull all of the planets towards it?(1 point)
Responses

the large distance of the planets from the sun
the large distance of the planets from the sun

the size and shape of the planets around the sun
the size and shape of the planets around the sun

the sun's weak gravity
the sun's weak gravity

the planets' speed as they orbit the sun

Which change in the sun’s gravity would occur if the sun’s mass were reduced by one-half?(1 point)
Responses

It would be halved.
It would be halved.

It would be unchanged.
It would be unchanged.

It would be doubled.
It would be doubled.

It would be zero.

GPT-4o mini · Answer

1. What did gravity create when 99% of the gas and dust materials were gathered into the center of a flattened disc during the formation of the solar system? **Response:** the sun 2. How were the planets in the solar system formed? **Response:** The remaining materials from the sun's formation clumped together due to gravity. 3. What prevents the gravity of the sun from pulling all of the planets towards it? **Response:** the planets' speed as they orbit the sun 4. Which change in the sun’s gravity would occur if the sun’s mass were reduced by one-half? **Response:** It would be halved.