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Minor Bodies in the Solar System: Engage and Explore

Minor Bodies in the Solar System: Engage and Explore

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Science

12th Grade

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NGSS
MS-ESS1-1, MS-ESS1-3, MS-PS2-4

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Ronda Dodson

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An asteroid is

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a rounded body with craters on it

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a small rocky body that orbits the Sun

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a rock and ice body that has a tail near the Sun

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none of these

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The main asteroid belt can be found between the orbits of:

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Venus and Mars

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Mars and Jupiter

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Earth and Jupiter

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Venus and Jupiter

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Asteroids are too small to have any significant impact on other objects in our solar system.

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True

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False

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In the early solar system, comets that struck Earth may have brought in

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water

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advanced life

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plankton

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The Kuiper belt is home to

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short-period comets

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asteroids

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dwarf planets

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all of these

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