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the kuiper belt

Total questions: 16

Worksheet time: 5mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Who discovered the Kuiper belt?

a)

Bob and Joe

b)

Gerard Kuiper

c)

Dave Jewitt

d)

Jane Luu

2.

Who was the Kuiper belt named after?

a)

Bob and Joe

b)

Gerard Kuiper

c)

Fred Kuiper

d)

Jane kuiper

3.

What is this Kuiper belt object?

a)

2014MU69

b)

Pluto

c)

4738BF68

d)

it is not one

4.

Where does the Kuiper belt start?

a)

30 astronomical units

b)

400 astronomical units

c)

368 astronomical units

d)

1 astronomical unit

5.

Where does the Kuiper belt end?

a)

3 astronomical units

b)

582 astronomical units

c)

55 astronomical units

d)

482959853 astronomical units

6.

Who predicted the existence of the Kuiper belt?

a)

bob

b)

Gerard Kuiper

c)

Fred Weasley

d)

Kenneth Edgeworth

e)

Albert Einstein

7.

When did the Kuiper belt form?

a)

1second ago

b)

2 years ago

c)

4.6 billion years ago

d)

2 trillion years ago

8.

Is Pluto in the Kuiper belt?

a)

yes

b)

no

9.

Where is the Kuiper belt?

a)

outside of the Oort cloud

b)

inside the Oort cloud

10.

Do comets come from the Kuiper belt?

a)

yes

b)

no

11.

What are Kuiper belt objects made from?

a)

ice

b)

diamond

c)

rock

12.

Do kuiper belt objects have minerals that can support life?

a)

yes

b)

no

c)

I don't know

13.

Are objects in the kuiper belt bigger or smaller than the moon?

a)

smaller

b)

bigger

14.

What is necessary for life in the kuiper belt?

a)

fortnite

b)

something to eat

c)

something to concentrate sunlight

d)

heat

15.

How was the Kuiper belt discovered?

a)

someone saw it while stargazing

b)

someone was looking for objects past neptune

c)

it was discovered by the Hubble space telescope

16.

When was the Kuiper belt discovered?

a)

1947

b)

1

c)

2011

d)

1992