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Small Solar System Objects

Total questions: 20

Worksheet time: 10mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Where are most Asteroids from

a)

Oort Cloud

b)

Asteroid belt

c)

Kuiper Belt

d)

Coma

2.

Loose collections of ice,dust, and small rocky particles whose orbits can be very long

a)

Asteroids

b)

Comets

c)

Meteors

d)

Rings

3.

The solid inner core of a comet

a)

Meteorites

b)

Core

c)

Ice

d)

Nucleus

4.

Rocky objects, to small to be a dwarf planet or a planet

a)

Asteroids

b)

Neptune

c)

Comets

d)

Meteor

5.

Objects that orbit the Sun and have enough gravity to pull themselves into a sphere

a)

Inner Planets

b)

Outer Planets

c)

Dwarf Planet

d)

Stars

6.

Clouds of gas and dust form a fuzzy outer layer

a)

Coma

b)

Nucleus

c)

Tornado

d)

Gas Tails

7.

Meteoroids that impact Earth and can leave craters

a)

Meteorites

b)

Meteors

c)

Craters

d)

Coma

8.

A region of the Solar System between Mars and Jupiter

a)

Kuiper Belt

b)

Asteroid Belt

c)

Oort Cloud

d)

Open Space

9.

Beyond Neptune's orbit

a)

?

b)

Atmosphere

c)

Oort Cloud

d)

Kuiper Belt

10.

Occur when Earth passes through an area with many meteoroids

a)

Hurricane

b)

Asteroid Storm

c)

Meteor Shower

d)

Shooting Star

11.

More than than 100 Million kilometers long and from Earth, appears to stretch across most of the sky

a)

Sky

b)

Comets Tail

c)

Kuiper belt

d)

Oort Cloud

12.

Which out of these is the most outer part of our Solar System

a)

Orbit of Jupier

b)

Kuiper Belt

c)

Asteroid Belt

d)

Orbit of Neptune

13.

What shape is Comets Orbit

a)

Circle

b)

Does not have one

c)

Rectangle

d)

Oval

14.

Which two objects are hardest to tell apart

a)

Comet and Asteroids

b)

Comets and Dwarf Planets

c)

Asteroids and Dwarf Planets

d)

Comets orbit and Dust Tail

15.

A comet is bigger than a dwarf planet

a)

True

b)

False

c)

I don't know

16.

Asteroids are bigger than Comets

a)

True

b)

False

17.

Dwarf Planets are Bigger then Asteroids

a)

True

b)

False

18.

Arizona was hit by a Meteor 49,999 years ago and the Meteor was about 100-200 meter wide

a)

True

b)

False

19.

What do Astronomers Study

a)

Planets

b)

Animals

c)

Schools

d)

Sports Teams

20.

When did pluto become a dwarf planet

a)

2017

b)

2005

c)

2006

d)

2009