Asteroid Belt

What are asteroids?

• large rock-like chunks that orbit the sun

• pieces of stars

• small planets

What is the asteroid belt?

• a belt of rocks across a planet

• a belt of rocks crossing the sun

• an area between Mars and Jupiter where most asteroids are found

Where is the asteroid belt located?

• between the orbits of Mars and Jupiter

• between the orbits of Earth and Mars

• between Mars and the Sun

How big is the largest asteroid?

• as big as our moon

• one-fourth the size of our moon

• as big as Earth

Why are the asteroids there?

• They are smaller planets.

• They were pieces left over from the planets forming.

• They broke off Jupiter and just float there.

There are not very many asteroids in the asteroid belt.

• true

• false

The asteroid belt is a sort of dividing line between______.

• biggest planets and smaller planets

• the rocky planets and the gas giants

• both A and B

Which four planets are closer to the sun than the asteroid belt?

• Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, and Neptune

• Venus, Mars, Jupiter, and Saturn

• Mercury, Venus, Earth, and Mars