The Milky Way Has Both a Thin and Thick Disk

question 15

Multiple Choice

The Milky Way has both a thin and thick disk of stars.Which of the following statements about them is true?

• A) The thin-disk stars are, on average, younger than the thick-disk stars.
• B) Molecular clouds are found in the thick disk, but not the thin disk.
• C) The thick disk is made up of stars that were stripped from small dwarf galaxies as they merged with the Milky Way.
• D) The thick-disk stars may be older than disk stars that have higher upward velocities, because they have gravitationally interacted more with molecular clouds in the spiral arms.
• E) All of these statements are true.

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