The Idea That the Sun and Planets Formed from a Large

question 100

Multiple Choice

The idea that the Sun and planets formed from a large cloud of gas and dust was first proposed by

• A) Edwin Hubble.
• B) Aristotle.
• C) Sir William Herschel.
• D) Kant and Laplace.

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Definitions:

Concrete Operations

Piaget’s term for coordinated mental actions that allow children to mentally combine, separate, order, and transform concrete objects and events that the children experience directly.

Formal Operational Thinking

A stage of cognitive development in Piaget's theory, where individuals gain the ability to think abstractly, reason logically, and organize thoughts coherently.

Strategic Knowledge

Understanding and applying knowledge about strategies that can help in learning, remembering information, solving problems, and other cognitive tasks.

Concrete Operational Thinking

A stage in cognitive development where children are able to think logically about concrete events and objects.