Solar System Quiz Review

A region of the solar system beyond the orbit of Neptune, believed to contain many comets, asteroids, and other small bodies made largely of ice.

• Asteroid Belt

• Oort Cloud

• Kuiper Belt

• Inner Solar System

The region of space between the orbits of Mars and Jupiter where most asteroids are found.

• Asteroid Belt

• Kuiper Belt

• Oort Cloud

• Galactic Halo

A meteor that survives its passage through the earth's atmosphere such that part of it strikes the ground.

• Asteroid

• Comet

• Meteorite

• Satellite

The rate at which a vibration occurs that constitutes a wave, either in a material or in an electromagnetic field, usually measured per second.

• Amplitude

• Wavelength

• Frequency

• Velocity

The range of wavelengths or frequencies over which electromagnetic radiation extends.

• Electromagnetic (EM) Spectrum

• Acoustic Spectrum

• Visible Light Spectrum

• Radio Frequency Spectrum

A small body of matter from outer space that enters the earth's atmosphere, becoming incandescent as a result of friction and appearing as a streak of light as it burns up in the mesosphere.

• Meteor

• Asteroid

• Comet

• Satellite

A small body moving in the solar system that would become a meteor if it entered the earth's atmosphere.

• Asteroid

• Comet

• Meteoroid

• Planet

Earth centered model of our Solar System (no longer accepted due to new evidence).

• Heliocentric

• Geocentric

• Astrocentric

• Planetocentric

Order of the EM spectrum in increasing energy/frequency, and decreasing wavelength

• Microwave, Infrared, Visible, Ultraviolet

• Radio, Microwave, Infrared, Visible

• Gamma ray, X-ray, Ultraviolet, Visible

• Radio, Microwave, Infrared, Visible, Ultraviolet, X-ray, Gamma ray

The different layers of gases surrounding the Earth, including the troposphere, stratosphere, mesosphere, thermosphere, and exosphere.

• Layers of the Atmosphere

• Types of Clouds

• Weather Patterns

• Ocean Currents