I. In the early stages of solar system formation, a fragment of an interstellar cloud of dust and gas collapsed and began rotating under the influence of gravity.
Il. The eight planets were originally orbiting a nearby star, and the Sun's gravity pulled those planets into orbit around the Sun.
III. Gravity caused small particles in the rotating solar nebula to stick together and form larger particles.
This process repeated itself, forming larger nd larger particles that eventually became planets.
IV. The combined gravities of the planets pulled the Sun away from a nearby star cluster and into the
center of the solar system.
These statements describe the formation of the solar system in a sequential order.
I. In the early stages of solar system formation, a fragment of an interstellar cloud of dust and gas collapsed and began rotating under the influence of gravity. This refers to the initial stage where a cloud of dust and gas collapses due to gravity, starting the process of solar system formation.
III. Gravity caused small particles in the rotating solar nebula to stick together and form larger particles. This stage explains the process of accretion, where small particles start to clump together due to their mutual gravitational attraction, forming larger and larger particles.
III. This process repeated itself, forming larger and larger particles that eventually became planets. This stage elaborates on the continued accretion process, where the clumping of particles progresses to form planetesimals, which further aggregate to form protoplanets and eventually planets.
IV. The combined gravities of the planets pulled the Sun away from a nearby star cluster and into the center of the solar system. This statement indicates that as the planets form, their collective gravitational forces influence the movement of the Sun, pulling it towards the center of the solar system.
Overall, these statements provide a basic outline of the stages involved in the formation of the solar system.