Geology - Earth Structure

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What are the four terrestrial planets?
Mercury, Venus, Earth and Mars.
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What are the four gas giants?
Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus and Neptune.
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What is Pluto classified as?
A dwarf planet.
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What started the formation of the Universe?
Big Bang event led to Universe formation about 14 billion years ago.
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What started the formation of the Solar System?
Giant molecular gas and dust cloud collapsed, hit by supernova shockwave.
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How did the Sun form?
As material was drawn towards the centre of the rotating disc, it triggered nuclear reactions forming the Sun.
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How did the planets form?
Other material in the disc of dust particles began to stick together (accretion) progressively forming the planets.
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