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Small Bodies in the Solar System
Small Bodies in the Solar System
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A review of comets, planets, asteroids, and meteors.
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How long does it take a short-period comet to orbit the sun?
more than one million years
over 500 years
less than 200 years
hundreds of thousands of years
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What does a comet orbit?
The Sun and other stars
Planets like Jupiter
Other Comets
None of these Answers
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Once a space rock enters a planet's atmosphere, it is called a...
meteorite
comet
asteroid
meteor
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Where do long-period comets come from?
Oort Cloud
Orion's Belt
Kuiper Belt
Asteroid Belt
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How long does it take a long-period comet to orbit the sun?
more than one million years
over 500 years
less than 200 years
hundreds of thousands of years
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Short-period comets come from the...
Kuiper Belt
Asteroid Belt
Orion's Belt
Oort Cloud
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Which is NOT one of the qualifications for being a planet?
It must orbit a star.
Its gravitational pull must have forced it into a spherical shape.
It must have an atmosphere primarily made of hydrogen and helium.
It must be big enough to clear its orbit of similarly sized objects.
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Which of these is shown in the picture?
Meteor
Meteorite
Comet
Asteroid
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Where did the asteroids come from?
They were once moons that have now escaped their planet's orbit.
They are leftover from the creation of the solar system.
They came from the Andromeda galaxy.
They are pieces of an ancient terrestrial planet that was destroyed.
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A comet's tail is made of--
gas and ice that burns off when the comet passes the sun
electrons that fly off of the comet's head
space dust that orbits the comet
light from the burning comet
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Meteors are often seen during--
thunderstorms
meteor showers
solar eclipses
lunar eclipses
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A region found beyond the orbit of Neptune
Asteroid Belt
Orion's Belt
Oort Cloud
Kuiper Belt
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Most asteroids are found in...
Orion's belt
the Oort cloud
the asteroid belt
the Kuiper Belt
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Meteorites are--
meteors that are approaching Earth's atmosphre
meteors that survive impact with Earth
meteors that are falling through Earth's atmosphere
meteors that do not survive impact with Earth
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What was the first body to be classified as a dwarf planet?
Ceres
Eris
Haumea
Pluto
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A region that surrounds the solar system and extends halfway to the nearest star
Orion's Belt
Kuiper Belt
Oort Cloud
Asteroid Belt
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TRUE or FALSE: Asteroids are also known as shooting stars.
False
True
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Which of these planets was reclassified as a dwarf planet in 2006?
Pluto
Jupiter
Venus
Earth
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A region between the orbits of Mars and Jupiter
Oort Cloud
Asteroid Belt
Kuiper Belt
Orion's Belt
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Which dwarf planet is NOT found in the Kuiper Belt?
Haumea
Ceres
Makemake
Pluto
Eris
