Dwarf Planets

T/F : Pluto is a planet now

• True

• False

What spacecraft was launched to gather info about Pluto?

• X-15

• Voskhod

• New Horizon

• Apollo

What spacecraft helped in the discovery of Ceres?

• The Guardian

• SpaceShipOne

• New Day

• New Dawn

When did the New Horizons spacecraft launch?

• January 19, 2006

• November 28, 2000

• August 4, 1998

• January 1, 2006

What was the reason that caused Pluto to change classification?

• Location

• Weird Orbit

• Unique shape

• Size

Which planets is NOT a Dwarf Planet?

• Pluto

• Makemake

• Eris

• Saturn

T/F : We can possibly have life on Ceres

• False

• True

What is an Astronomical Unit?

• The average distance between the Earth and the Sun
• The distance between the Earth and the Moon
• The distance between the Sun and the nearest star
• The time it takes for the Earth to orbit the Sun

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS1-3

T/F : New Planets/Dwarf Planets are being discovered everyday

• True

• False

Where is Pluto located in our Solar System?

• In the Oort Cloud
• In the inner planets
• In the Kuiper Belt
• In the asteroid belt

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS1-3