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Solar System objects
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1
What causes meteors to light up?
Reflection (Sun reflecting off the dust tail)
Burning (hydrogen from the coma)
Friction (air molecules get excited)
Combustion (oxygen ignites)
2
What part of the comet ALWAYS faces the Sun
Tail
Head
3
Which type of asteroid has an orbit that intersects
Mars'
orbit?
Amor class
Apollo class
Kuiper class
Trojan class
4
Which of these is sometimes called a "shooting star?"
Meteor
Meteorite
Asteroid
Comet
5
Trojan asteroids are located ______
In the Oort Cloud
In the same orbit as a planet
In the Kuiper Belt
Between Jupiter and Mars
6
Long period comets come from the _____
Oort Cloud
Main asteroid belt
Kuiper Belt
Mars
7
Which of these eccentricities is an example of a comet's orbit?
e=0
e=0.97
e=0.0162
e=0.206
8
TRUE or FALSE: The
Oort Cloud
is shaped like a donut.
True
False
9
TRUE or FALSE: The
Kuiper Belt
is shaped like a donut.
True
False
10
What angle does the solar system make with the Milky Way Galaxy?
We are perpendicular to the MW (90°)
We rotate in retrograde (-90°)
We are parallel to the MW (0°=the same)
We are at a 60° angle to the MW
11
Long period comets take _______ years to orbit
20-200
Less than 20
More than 200
Infinite number
12
Which of these is NOT a chunk of rocky material
Meteor
Comet
Meteorite
Asteroid
13
Which type of asteroid has an orbit that intersects Earth's orbit?
Amor class
Kuiper class
Apollo class
Trojan class
14
What is this a picture of?
Meteor
Meteorite
Comet
Asteroid
