Unit 9.A Quiz

all planets ________ on their axis in place

• Rotate

• Revolve

• Orbit

• Stay

True or False: The asteroid belt is located between Earth and Mars.

• True

• False

In which direction do the planets revolve around the sun?

• Counterclockwise
• Clockwise

True or False: Meteors and asteroids are similar because they are both space rocks but they are different because meteors enters a planet's atmosphere.

• True

• False

True or False: Pluto and other dwarf planets are located in the Kuiper Belt

• True

• False

______ a type of natural satellite that orbits a planet or asteroids

• Moon

• Natural Satellite

• Venus

• Mars

the only star in our solar system is called the ______

Farthest region of our solar system is called _______

• Asteroid Belt

• Comet

• Sun

• Oort Cloud

Comets originated from the _______ and the ______

• Kuiper Belt and Jupiter

• Neptune and Kuiper Belt

• Kuiper Belt and Oort Cloud

• Asteroids and Meteor

the moon is an example of a _______ because it is not human made

• spacecraft
• planet

• natural satellite

• artificial satellite