Solar System Characteristics

What is the Kuiper Belt?

• A region of the solar system beyond the orbit of Neptune

• A region of the solar system beyond the orbit of Uranus

• A region of the solar system between the orbits of Mars and Jupiter

• A region of the solar system beyond the orbit of Saturn

What are the orbits of planets?

• The orbits of planets are elliptical paths that they follow as they revolve around the moon.

• The orbits of planets are elliptical paths that they follow as they revolve around other planets.

• The orbits of planets are elliptical paths that they follow as they revolve around themselves.

• The orbits of planets are elliptical paths that they follow as they revolve around the sun.

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NGSS.MS-ESS1-2

NGSS.MS-PS2-4

What is the name of the largest asteroid in the solar system?

• Ceres

• Juno

• Eros

• Vesta

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS1-3

What are meteors?

• Large celestial bodies that crash into the Earth's surface

• Pieces of rock and other particles that float in space

• Burning debris from space shuttles

• Small celestial bodies, made of rocks and other particles, that burn up in the Earth's atmosphere

What are comets made of?

• A mixture of water, rock, dust, and organic compounds.

• A mixture of gas, rock, dust, and organic compounds.

• A mixture of ice, rock, dust, and organic compounds.

• A mixture of ice, gas, dust, and organic compounds.

What is the tail of a comet composed of?

• gas, dust, and ice particles

• rock and metal fragments

• water and salt crystals

• plasma and electromagnetic radiation

What is NOT a physical property of the Sun that allows it to emit light and heat?

• glowing

• made of gas

• made of magma

• extremely hot