Oort Cloud

The _______ exists much further out than the Kuiper belt and is at the very edge of the Solar System. Scientists believe it is made up of thousands of small ice objects.

• dwarf planets

• comets

• Asteroid belt

• Kuiper belt

• Oort Cloud

About how many objects are in the Oort Cloud?

• 12 Billion

• 500000

• 3 Trillion

• 2 Trillion

Long period comets come from which region of the solar system?

• Kuiper Belt

• Oort Cloud

• Scattered Disk

• Asteroid Belt

About how old is the Oort Cloud?

• 4.12 Billion Years

• 2.6 Billion Years

• 4.6 Billion Years

• 3.7 Billion Years

Describe the Oort Cloud.

• A dense asteroid belt between Mars and Jupiter

• A spherical shell of icy objects surrounding our solar system

• A flat ring of icy bodies beyond Neptune

• A cloud of gas and dust close to the sun

Tags

DOK Level 1: Recall

Who discovered the Oort Cloud

• Danny Duncas

• Janas Oort

• Jan Oort Senior

• Jan Oort

Select all correct answers. What objects can be found in the Oort Cloud?

• Dwarf Planets

• Comets

• Nebula

• Jupiter

Where is the Oort cloud located

• Beyond the Kuiper Belt

• The end of our solar system

• Between Jupiter and Mars

• Around the sun

Which object is the furthest our in our solar system?  

• The Sun

• Pluto

• Oort Cloud

• Kuiper Belt

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS1-3

How many regions are in the Oort Cloud?

• 3

• 12

• 2

• 1