The reason that our inner planets are small and rocky while the outer planets are large and gaseous is that the outer planets: a. accumulated LAST, and got all the gas that was expelled from the inner planets. b. passed through a GASEOUS NEBULA after the solar system was formed. c. accumulated more gas because the outer reaches of the solar system were WARMER than the inner parts during formation. d. accumulated FIRST, and got all the gas that was around during the formation of the solar system. e. accumulated more gas because the outer reaches of the solar system were COLDER than the inner parts during formation.
The reason that our inner planets are small and rocky while the outer planets are large and gaseous is that the outer planets: a. accumulated LAST, and got all the gas that was expelled from the inner planets. b. passed through a GASEOUS NEBULA after the solar system was formed. c. accumulated more gas because the outer reaches of the solar system were WARMER than the inner parts during formation. d. accumulated FIRST, and got all the gas that was around during the formation of the solar system. e. accumulated more gas because the outer reaches of the solar system were COLDER than the inner parts during formation.
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The reason that our inner planets are small and rocky while the outer planets are large and gaseous is that the outer planets:
a. accumulated LAST, and got all the gas that was expelled from the inner planets.
b. passed through a GASEOUS NEBULA after the solar system was formed.
c. accumulated more gas because the outer reaches of the solar system were WARMER than the inner parts during formation.
d. accumulated FIRST, and got all the gas that was around during the formation of the solar system.
e. accumulated more gas because the outer reaches of the solar system were COLDER than the inner parts during formation.
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