Summary
Dr. Binocs explains how the sun and planets formed together from a spinning cloud of gas and dust. A nice big-picture follow-up to the planets tour.
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Discussion questions
Discussion
Dr.
- What did the whole solar system form from?
- What force shaped the solar system?
- Did the planets and sun form at about the same time?
Quick work-a-long
Vocabulary: solar system, gravity, cloud, planets.
Try it: Order the steps: cloud of gas and dust, spinning disk, sun and planets form.