JUSTICE CECILIA MUÑOZ PALMA SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL

Paseo del Carmen St., AMLAC Ville Subdivision Payatas B Quezon City
SELF-LEARNING MATERIAL IN EARTH & LIFE SCIENCE
Covered Dates: August 24-28, 2020
LESSON 1 PROTOPLANET THEORY - A dense interstellar cloud
ORIGIN & STRUCTURE OF THE EARTH: produces a cluster of stars. Dense regions in the cloud
Universe & Solar System form and coalesce, as the small blobs have random
spins the resulting stars will have low rotation rates.
Learning Competency: shall be able to state the different CAPTURE THEORY - The sun interacts with a nearby
hypotheses and theories explaining the origin of the protostar, dragging a filament of material from the
universe (S11/12ES-Ia-e-1). protostar. The low rotation speed of the sun is
explained as being due to its formation before the
EXPECTATIONS planets.
At the end of the lesson, learners should be able to: MODERN LAPLACIAN THEORY - The theory argued
 Describe the different theories explaining the that this nebula condensed into rings, which eventually
origin of the universe; formed the planets and a central mass- the sun.
 Describe the different theories explaining the MODERN NEBULAR THEORY - The planets originate
origin of the solar system. in a dense disk formed from a material in the gas and
 Explain what the universe is composed of. dust cloud that collapses to give us the sun.
PRETEST
Choose the letter that best completes each sentence.
1. Which theory states that the universe has been present KEY POINTS
ever since and has no beginning and no end and has ASTEROID - a chunk of rock that orbits the sun.
been expanding constantly? METEOR - shooting star falls into the planet’s
a. Big Bang b. Big Crunch atmosphere. It leaves a bright trail in the sky which we
c. infinite Universe d. Pulsating Universe usually see.
2. What is the branch of science that studies the origin, MOON - satellite of the Earth, visible at night by
evolution and fate of the universe? reflected light from the sun.
a. Cosmology b. Earth Science COMET - a cosmic snowball of rocks, dusts, frozen
c. Geoscience d. Meteorology gases that grow tails as it comes nearer to the sun. It is
3. Which theory states that energy and matter divided and usually visible in the night sky.
became distinct from each other and known for the origin of METEORITE - part of the meteor or chunk of rocks
and dusts that hits or strikes the ground.
the universe?
PLANET - any large heavenly body that revolves
a. Steady State b. Pulsating Universe
around the sun in the solar system.
c. Infinite Universe d. Big Bang
4. What theory says that the universe follows infinite self-
sustaining cycles as expanding and contracting? ACITIVITY 1
a. Big Bang b. Infinite Universe Arranged the jumbled letters to form a word that
c. Pulsating Universe d. Steady State describes universe
5. What do you call to a chunk of rock that orbits the sun?
1. EETROM _________________
a. Asteroid b. Comet c. Meteorite d. Planet 2. ASG _________________
3. ARSTS _________________
RECALL 4. SUDT LODUSC _________________
Arrange the jumbled letters to figure out the mystery word. 5. SPLTANE _________________
Use the clues provided. 6. LXGAAY _________________
OLRSA MYTSSE 7. TCMOE _________________
8. TSDAEIRO _________________
 is the Sun and all the objects that orbit around it. 9. 9. EIETEORTM _________________
The Sun is orbited by planets, asteroids, comets 10. ONOM
and other things.
ACITIVITY 2
THEORIES BEHIND THE ORIGIN OF THE UNIVERSE
CHALLENGE YOURSELF:
BIG BANG THEORY - Massive explosion, dust and Answer the following questions. Limit your answers in
portion of the condensed matter and energy started to 2 to 3 sentences.
spread out. These scattered particles eventually
coagulated and different objects and heavenly bodies 1. What is the difference between interstellar dusts,
began to form. Stars, solar systems and galaxies were planetesimals, and protoplanets in the activity?
formed.
STEADY STATE THEORY – It states that the universe 2. Based from the steady state theory, how can the
has been present ever since and therefore has no universe expand but maintained a constant density?
beginning and no end, and has been expanding
constantly. 3. How will you explain the big bang theory by relating it to
PULSATING UNIVERSE - It combines both the Big Bang mass, volume, and density?
& the Big Crunch as a part of a cyclical event. This theory
says that the universe follows infinite self-sustaining 4. What is nucleosynthesis? Describe how nucleosynthesis
cycles such as expanding and contracting. It states that leads to the formation of stars and galaxies.
the universe is living and keeps pulsating in and out.

5. What are the similarities and differences of the big bang

THEORIES ON THE ORIGIN OF THE SOLAR SYSTEM theory and steady state theory?
ACCRETION THEORY-The sun passes through a dense
interstellar cloud and emerges surrounded by a dusty,
gaseous envelope.
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ACTIVITY 3
Complete the flowchart: INTERSELLAR DUST: ice grains including the
Write the correct word or condensation of water, ammonia and because of large
group of words. amounts of the elements that make up these compounds
GRAVITATIONAL COLLAPSE

ACTIVITY 4
3. 2.
Draw a Venn diagram. Write two unique features
of the steady state theory on the first outer circle
and two unique features of the oscillating
universe theory on the second outer circle. Then,
CONDENSATION (gas to liquid)
write at least one similar feature in the inner
HEATING -> FUSION
circle.

4. METAL, 5. Oscillating universe

Steady state theory
ROCKS theory

6. NEBULAR
CAPTURE

LEFTOVER MATERIALS
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9.
LEFTOVER MATERIALS
ACITIVITY 5 : Arrange the following events in order. Write
10. numbers 1 to 5.
Planetesimal theory
ACCRETION ASTERIOD COMETS ___ Materials ejected from the protosun condensed into
planetesimals.
GASSES, ICES JOVIAN PLANETS NEBULA
PROTOPLANETARY DISK PROTOSUN ___ The oceans and the atmosphere were formed on
Earth through volcanic activities.
SUN TERRESTRIAL PLANETS ___ The planets formed by accretion.
___ The protosun ejects filaments of materials.
___ An intruding star nearly collided with a protosun.
VOCABULARY
Tidal theory
NEBULA means cloud. This indicates that stars originate
from interstellar gas ___ These bodies further condensed into planets.
___ The gravitational attraction pulled the mass of dust
and dust. and gas from the remaining nebula around the sun.
___ The particles clumped to form cosmic bodies of
TERRESTRIAL PLANETS include Mercury, Venus, Earth,
different sizes.
and Mars. These would
___ The gas particles then condensed into liquid and solid
eventually form closer to the sun. states
JOVIAN PLANETS composed of Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, ___ A star passed near the sun.
and Neptune are huge POST TEST
planets made up of gases without land surfaces. These Directions: Read each statement and identify to what
planets were formed farther from the sun. sense each statement appeals. Choose the letter that best
completes each sentence.
PROTOPLANETS – are bodies that preceded the 1. Which theory states that the sun and the planets
formation of planets in the Solar System. formed in a rotating nebular which cooled &
There are three major steps on how the solar system is collapsed?
a. Capture b. modern Laplacian
formed according to nebular theory. These are CLOUD
c. modern nebular d. Protoplant.
COLLAPSE, FORMATION OF PROTOPLANETARY
DISK, and GROWTH OF PLANETS. 2. What is the gravitationally bound system
comprising the sun and the objects that orbit it
The nebular theory can be credited to SWEDENBORG, either directly or indirectly?
KANT and LAPLACE a. Meteor b. moon. c. planet. D. solar system
3. Which theory states that the planets originate in
PLANETISIMALS are objects in the early Solar System
a dense disk formed from a material in the gas
that are the size of small moons and have gravitational
and dust cloud that collapses to give us the
fields strong enough to influence their neighbors.
sun?
INTERSELLAR DUST: Metallic grains including spherical a. Accretion b. capture
balls of minerals and metal grew by condensation from a c.Modern Laplacian d. Modern nebular.
gas between about 1100’c and 1000’c found around the 4. What is a satellite formed from discs of gas and
orbit of the mercury. dust revolving around the planets?
a. Comet b. meteorite c. moon d. planet
INTERSELLAR DUST: Silicates and rocky grains
5. What theory states that the sun interacts with a
including heavy elements such as silicon, iron,
nearby protostar, dragging a filament of material
magnesium, and aluminum combined with oxygen to form
from the protostar?
rocky materials at a temperature of about 1000 K.
a. Accretion b. capture c. modern nebular
d. proto planet
 JUSTICE CECILIA MUÑOZ PALMA SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL
Paseo del Carmen St., AMLAC Ville Subdivision Payatas B Quezon City

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