6.3 Non-Planetary Objects Practice Test

Small objects mostly found in orbit between Mars and Jupiter are ___________.

• A. comets
• B. asteroids
• C. moons
• D. dust particles

Where are Pluto and other planetoids found in the solar system?

• A. in the center
• B. around planets
• C. in the asteroid belt
• D. beyond the orbit of Neptune

What are pieces of rock that orbit between Mars and Jupiter called?

• A. comets
• B. meteors
• C. asteroids
• D. planetoids

Objects in solar orbit between Jupiter and Mars are called the _____________ belt.

• A. meteoroid
• B. asteroid
• C. cometoid
• D. planetoid

The solar system contains the Sun, planets with their moons, and which three other objects?

• A. asteroids, comets and black holes
• B. asteroids, comets and meteors
• C. asteroids, meteors and black holes
• D. asteroids, comets and galaxies

A ______________ passing across the night sky is often called a "shooting star".

• A. space cloud
• B. meteorite
• C. meteor
• D. comet

Which of the following is NOT part of our solar system?

• A. galaxies
• B. comets
• C. asteroids
• D. meteors

Asteroids exist between which two planets?

• Earth and Mars
• Mars and Jupiter
• Jupiter and Neptune
• Venus and Mercury

______________________ thin, wispy-looking clouds; commonly found at heights greater than 6 km

• Cirrus Cloud
• Cumulous Cloud
• Cirrostratus Cloud
• Cumulonimbus Cloud

_____________________ a collection of water droplets or ice crystals in the atmosphere.

• Comet
• Meteor
• Cloud
• Galaxy