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Smaller bodies in the Solar System
Smaller bodies in the Solar System
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A quiz over other things in the Solar System besides the 8 planets.
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1
All comets have a __________ that is composed of ice and rock.
tail
nucleus
coma
2
There are two regions in the Solar System where comets might come from
Kuiper Belt and Oort Cloud
Asteroid Belt and Oort Cloud
Asteroid Belt and Kuiper Belt
3
There are two parts to the tail of a comet, the ____________ and ______________ tail
nuclear and dust
gas and dust
dust and ion
ion and nuclear
4
A meteoroid that reaches Earth's surface without burning up is called
a meteoroid
an asteroid
a meteorite
a meteor
5
Name this celestial body
dwarf planet
meteoroid
asteroid
comet
6
KBO stands for
Kuiper Beyond Oort Cloud
Kuiper Beyond Orbit
Kepler Belt Objects
Kuiper Belt Objects
7
In 2006, astronomers decided that ___________________ would no longer be considered a planet.
Mars
Ceres
Pluto
Eris
8
A small, irregularly shaped, rocky object that orbits the sun is
a meteorite
an asteroid
a meteor
a comet
9
A spherical region beyond the Kuiper Belt is called the
Asteroid Belt
Oort Cloud
Asteroid Cloud
Oort Belt
10
A round celestial body similar to a planet but does not clear its orbit region or path.
Meteoroid
dwarf planet
asteroid
comet
11
Most of these are located between Mars and Jupiter
moons
asteroids
meteors
comets
12
Ceres, Eris, Pluto, Haumea, and MakeMake are all
planets
comets
asteroids
dwarf planets
13
Identify letter C in the picture
coma
tail
nucleus
14
Comets travel (faster/slower) as they move closer to the sun.
faster
slower
15
The Kuiper Belt is located the nearest beyond the orbit of which planet
Jupiter
Uranus
Mars
Neptune
16
The region between Mars and Jupiter that is 300 million Km wide is known as the
Kuiper Belt
Asteroid Belt
Oort Cloud
17
The region of the Solar System that begins just beyond the orbit of Neptune
Kuiper Belt
Oort Cloud
Asteroid Belt
18
Identify letter B in the picture
nucleus
tail
coma
19
A small body of ice, rock, and dust that follows a very oval (elliptical) orbit around the sun
meteor
meteoroid
comet
asteroid
20
A spherical cloud of gas and dust that comes off of the nucleus of a comet is called a
coma
nucleus cloud
tail
21
A sand to boulder sized, rocky body that travels through space is called a
meteoroid
meteorite
meteor
22
Identify letter A in the picture
tail
coma
nucleus
23
A bright streak of light that results when a meteoroid burns up in Earth's atmosphere is
a meteor
a meteorite
an asteroid
a meteoroid
