Objects in Our Solar System Test

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Test on objects in our solar system.
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Pregunta 1

Pregunta
Objects made of ice, gas and dust and orbit our sun are called . . .
Respuesta
  • meteors
  • comets
  • asteroids
  • meteoroids

Pregunta 2

Pregunta
One similarity between asteroids, comets and meteoroids is that they all:
Respuesta
  • are made of rock
  • come from the Oort Cloud
  • come from the asteroid belt
  • orbit the sun

Pregunta 3

Pregunta
These objects that orbit the sun are nicknamed, "dirty snowballs."
Respuesta
  • comets
  • meteors
  • asteroids
  • meteoroids

Pregunta 4

Pregunta
Which space object is larger?
Respuesta
  • asteroid
  • meteorite
  • meteor

Pregunta 5

Pregunta
Where is the asteroid belt located?
Respuesta
  • between Mars and Jupiter
  • between Venus and Earth
  • between Uranus and Neptune

Pregunta 6

Pregunta
Halley's Comet takes about 76 Earth years to orbit the sun. What type of comet is this?
Respuesta
  • short-period comet
  • long-period comet

Pregunta 7

Pregunta
Where do comets come from?
Respuesta
  • Kuiper Belt
  • Oort Cloud
  • Asteroid Belt
  • Both A and B
  • None of the above

Pregunta 8

Pregunta
The name of our galaxy is the Milky Way.
Respuesta
  • True
  • False

Pregunta 9

Pregunta
The ion tail of a comet is what color?
Respuesta
  • white
  • red
  • gray
  • bluish

Pregunta 10

Pregunta
What are asteroids made of?
Respuesta
  • rock and metal
  • ice, gas and dust
  • rock and gas

Pregunta 11

Pregunta
What region is located at the outer boundary of our solar system?
Respuesta
  • Kuiper Belt
  • Asteroid Belt
  • Oort Cloud
  • Pluto Region

Pregunta 12

Pregunta
What do you call a meteoroid that has entered Earth's atmosphere?
Respuesta
  • comet
  • meteor
  • meteorite
  • asteroid

Pregunta 13

Pregunta
Black holes are invisible.
Respuesta
  • True
  • False

Pregunta 14

Pregunta
The orbit of a comet is circular.
Respuesta
  • True
  • False

Pregunta 15

Pregunta
The ion tail of a comet always points directly [blank_start]_____________[blank_end] the sun.
Respuesta
  • towards
  • away from

Pregunta 16

Pregunta
The special boundary around a black hole, where not even light can escape, is called the . . .
Respuesta
  • singularity
  • event horizon
  • Kuiper Belt

Pregunta 17

Pregunta
Black holes are formed . . .
Respuesta
  • when planets crash into one another
  • when aliens flush the space toilet
  • when giant stars explode at the end of their lifecycle.
  • when an asteroid hits a planet

Pregunta 18

Pregunta
Shooting stars are the result of . . .
Respuesta
  • a comet losing some of its tail as it passes the sun.
  • hundreds of meteoroids entering Earth's atmosphere at the same time.
  • Earth passing through the tail of a comet.

Pregunta 19

Pregunta
What causes things to get pulled into a black hole?
Respuesta
  • super strong gravity
  • solar wind
  • melting ice from the Oort Cloud
  • none of the above

Pregunta 20

Pregunta
What rocky object is bigger than a meteoroid and smaller than a planet?
Respuesta
  • comet
  • asteroid
  • meteorite
  • meteor
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