The Earth and its atmosphere
Unit 4

Our Solar System & Earth

Billowing clouds of matter spun around our young Sun, gradually forming our Solar System—meteors, asteroids, planets, moons. One planet in particular would enable the creation of even more remarkable complexity.

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Unit 4 Driving Question

How and why do theories become generally accepted?

4.0 Earth & the Formation of Our Solar System

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4.1 What Was Young Earth Like?

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4.2 Why Is Plate Tectonics Important?

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4.3 Ways of Knowing: Our Solar System and Earth

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4.4 Science – True Nature of Our Solar System

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4.5 Science – Exoplanets

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