Match the words in the left-hand column to the appropriate blanks in the sentences in the right-hand column. Use each word only once.
1. Our solar system was created by the gravitational collapse of the________ .
2. Our Moon was most likely formed by a collision between Earth and a Mars-sized_______ .
3. The first few hundred million years of the solar system's history were the time of the_______ , during which Earth suffered many large impacts.
4.________ Mars was formed by the of smaller objects.
5. The era of planet formation ended when the remaining hydrogen and helium gas of the solar nebula was swept into interstellar space by the________ .
6. Ice can form from a gas through the process of______ .
7. Hydrogen compounds in the solar system can condense into ices only beyond the_________ .
8._______ allows us to determine the age of a solid rock.