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dwarf planets comets and asteroids

Total questions: 21

Worksheet time: 12mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Who discovered Pluto ( He was 24)

a)

Carl Sagan

b)

Edwin Hubble

c)

Johannes Kepler

d)

Clyde Tombaugh

2.

How many Dwarf Planets are in our solar system

a)

3

b)

6

c)

143

d)

5

3.

do dwarf planets have a clear orbit path

a)

Yes

b)

No

4.

what is the nearest dwarf planet to Earth

a)

Pluto

b)

Ceres

c)

Haumea

d)

Eris

5.

How many moons does Pluto have?

a)

none

b)

1

c)

5

d)

13

6.

what dwarf planet has rings in our solar system

a)

Haumea

b)

none of them

c)

Eris

d)

Pluto

7.

How long does it take for Haumea to complete a day?

a)

4 hours

b)

5 hours

c)

5 days

d)

360 years.

8.

what is the biggest asteroid in our solar system?

a)

Pallas 2

b)

3 Juno

c)

10 Hygiea

d)

4 Vesta

9.

What is the name of the cluster that most asteroids are kept in.

(a)  

10.

what was the first asteroid discovered?

a)

Ceres

b)

Ceser

c)

plato

d)

pallas

11.

when was the first asteroid discovered?

a)

1801

b)

1802

c)

1901

d)

2001

12.

How many asteroids are in our solar system?

a)

1,113,527

b)

1,113,528

c)

2,008,346

d)

3,405,569

13.

Who came up with the word asteroid?

a)

Thomas Scott

b)

Robert Shale

c)

William Herschel

d)

Giuseppe Piazzi

14.

Were do most of the asteroid hang out in our solar system

a)

between Mars and Jupiter

b)

The Asteroid belt

c)

keplers belt

d)

Hildas

15.

What is the large group of asteroid that follow Jupiter's orbit but they never collide with Jupiter's because they lie in Lagrangian points.

a)

Jupiter asteroid

b)

Kepler

c)

hereon asteroids

d)

Trojan Asteroids

16.

What are asteroid rich in?

a)

Minerals

b)

water

c)

trees

d)

cells

17.

Can an asteroid support life.

a)

yes

b)

no

18.

Asteroids are classified into categories based on how their ____ compares to earth.

a)

Size

b)

Speed

c)

Distance

d)

Orbit

19.

Who discovered the first asteroid?

a)

William Herschel

b)

Galileo Galilei

c)

Giuseppe Piazzi

d)

Issac Newton

20.

Can asteroids have moons?

a)

Yes

b)

No

21.

What is it called when two asteroids of roughly the same size orbit each other?

(a)