Quiz: Asteroid belt and Kuiper belt

The _________ is a region between the planets Mars and Jupiter containing thousands of rocky objects that orbit the Sun.

• Asteroid belt

• Kuiper belt

• dwarf planets

• comets

The ___________ is a region of thousands of small bodies that exists outside the orbit of the planets. Objects in this area consist of "ices".

• Milky Way

• Asteroid belt

• Kuiper belt

• dwarf planets

The asteroid belt can be found between which two planets?

• Earth and Mars

• Venus and Earth

• Saturn and Uranus

• Mars and Jupiter

What is the unit of measure most commonly used to measure interplanetary distances in our Solar System?

• kilometers

• astronomical units (au)

• light years

• parsecs

What is the characteristics of asteroid belt

• located between the orbits of Mars and Jupiter.

• temperature of asteroid belt itself is colder than kuiper belt

• thicker size

• It contains many rocks, asteroids and even dwarf planets.

What is the characteristics of kuiper belt?

• it is situated past Neptune's orbit.

• It consists of icy items, dwarf planets, comets and dust.

• One of the smallest Kuiper belt object is Pluto

• It is quite colder as it is so far away from the sun