ch 23 part 11 quiz Asteroid Belts

The main belt is found between Mars and ___________.

• Jupiter

• Earth

• Neptune

• Pluto

Over __________ objects have been identified in the main belt.

• 600,000

• 2,000

• 7,000

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The main belt is _____ Au's thick.

• 1

• 10

• 100

• 5.4

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Of the 4 largest objects in the main belt, which one is a dwarf planet.

• Vesta

• Ceres

• Hygiea

• Pallas

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There are more that ___ large solid bodies in the main belt with a diameter greater than 150 miles.

• 10

• 16

• 20

• 50

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The Kuiper Belt is about ______ AU's from the Sun.

• 1

• 10

• 100

• 1,000

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Mr. and Mrs. McCandless took 2 students to RECON training in Carson City, NV in

• August 2016

• October 2017

• March 2019

Mrs. McCandless took two students to Bend, Oregon in

• August 2016

• October 2017

• March 2019

The Oort Cloud is a region of ___________

• stars

• comets

• meteoroids

The Kuiper belt is found past Neptune and contains comets, asteroids and other small bodies like ______________.

• dwarf planets

• planets

• meteorites

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