Which Characteristic MOST Directly Determines Whether a Piece of Material

question 57

Multiple Choice

Which characteristic MOST directly determines whether a piece of material inside a dense core will eventually become part of the protostar or the protoplanetary disk that surrounds it?

• A) composition
• B) kinetic energy
• C) temperature
• D) rotational speed

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