When the solar system was very young, the sun was just being formed and planets had not yet been made. The solar system was mostly gas and dust.

Question

Which statement best explains how planets formed in the early solar system?
(A) Planets formed from magnetism in space that interacted with light from the stars.
B Planets formed from large asteroids that had broken apart.
(c Planets formed from molten metal in volcanic eruptions.
(D Planets formed from small amounts of debris that were attracted together because of gravity.

Answer 1

The statement that best explains how planets formed in the early solar system is:

(D) Planets formed from small amounts of debris that were attracted together because of gravity.

This process is known as accretion, where dust and gas in the protoplanetary disk around the young sun gradually came together under the influence of gravity to form larger bodies, eventually leading to the formation of planets.