Astronomy Quiz Section D Small Solar System bodies

Question 1

Which direction do the streaks point?

Accepted Answer

Away from the sun

Question 2

Which is not a part of a comet?

Accepted Answer

Leg

Question 3

What is a Meteoroid called when it enters the atmosphere?

Accepted Answer

Shooting Star, Meteor

Question 4

Which are called dirty snowballs?

Accepted Answer

Comets

Question 5

Which Asteroid came very close to Earth?

Accepted Answer

Toutatis

Question 6

What happens when meteorites hit the Earth?

Accepted Answer

Craters are formed

Question 7

What is the big circular part called?

Accepted Answer

coma

Question 8

What is another name for a meteor?

Accepted Answer

Shooting Star

Question 9

What is a Meteorite?

Accepted Answer

A chunk of rock from a Meteor that hit Earth

Question 10

Where is the Main Asteroid Belt?

Accepted Answer

Between Jupiter and Mars

Question 11

Which famous comet comes around the sun every 76 years?

Accepted Answer

Halley

Question 12

What is the region beyond Neptune called?

Accepted Answer

Kuiper belt

Question 13

Why doesn't the moon have shooting stars?

Accepted Answer

No atmosphere

Question 14

Which is the smallest?

Accepted Answer

Meteoroid

Question 15

What is the brightest asteroid from Earth?

Accepted Answer

Vesta

Question 16

What is the small center part of the comet?

Accepted Answer

Nucleus

Question 17

When does a comet move the fastest?

Accepted Answer

When closest to the sun

Question 18

What is supposed to be residing in the Oort Cloud?

Accepted Answer

Comets

Questions 18