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1.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
Who was the astronomer who discovered the first asteroid in 1801?
Galileo Galilei
Nicolaus Copernicus
Giuseppi Piazzi
Ptolemy
2.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
What does asteroid literally mean?
Tiny planet
Starlight
Small comet
Robot
3.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
45 sec • 1 pt
Asteroids are small rocky or metallic bodies that orbit the sun in the whole solar system.
False, asteroids do not orbit the sun.
False, there is a separate designation for bodies past Jupiter.
True, asteroids are found throughout the solar system.
True, asteroids are man made.
4.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
45 sec • 1 pt
What are the basic material that make up asteroids?
55% Carbon, 40% Iron, 5% Silicon
38% Sulfur, 29% Nitrogen, 13% Carbon, 20% Miscellaneous
90% Iron, 8% Silver, 2% Copper
75% Carbon, 17% Silicon, 8% Miscellaneous
5.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
45 sec • 1 pt
Jupiter's size pulls some asteroids away from solar orbit which creates a gap. What is that gap called?
Galilaian space
Jeffersonian cut
Spockoid paradigm
Kirkwood gap
6.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
45 sec • 1 pt
What would it be like to flying through an asteroid belt?
Lots of dodging and avoiding collision like in Star Wars.
Very few asteroids, possibly wouldn't see one at all.
There would be a few asteroids to avoid, but not as many as they show in the movies, probably you would only see about ten at a time.
Thousands of tiny particles, closer to the size of pebbles and boulders, but no large, house sized rocks.
7.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
If you took all the asteroids in the main belt and lumped them together, how large would it be?
Smaller than our moon
Slightly larger than Earth
Close to the size of Jupiter
About the size of a blue whale
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