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The ________ proposes that the bodies of our solar system formed at essentially the same time from a rotating cloud of gases and dust. a. Plate Tectonics theory b. Nebular hypothesis c. Big Band theory d. Heliocentric theory

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B. Nebular Hypothesis

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It is important to read the statement carefully so we can rule out options. The text is referring to solar system formation, it means we should discard all options which are not related to that. Big bang theory is a concept to explain the origin of the whole universe, not the solar system only, so it is discarded. Plate tectonics describes inner earth layers that are essential parts of the planet movemements like earthquakes and they are not related to solar system either. Discarded. Helioentric theory is the idea that defines the sun as the center of the solar system, but again it does not explain anything about its origin, so let me explain a litte in detail about the right choice: Nebular Hypothesis.

Nebular Hypothesis

This is the way astronomers accept the solar system was created as well as other other plantetary systems. Million of years after Big Bang, there were gases and small dust particles all over the universe and they started to join and concentrate into bigger and bigger amount of gases turning into enourmous clouds made of all the necessary elements to begin the formation of stars, planets and eventually the solar system.

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