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Grade 11 Small Bodies and Dwarf Planets
Pluto, Makemake, Haumea, and Eris are all located in the                  .
  1. Kuiper Belt
  2. Asteroid Belt
  3. Oort Cloud
  4. None of the above
Grade 11 Small Bodies and Dwarf Planets
What do comets and asteroids have in common?
  1. They both have a long elliptical orbit.
  2. They are both made up of rock, ice, and gaseous materials.
  3. They orbit the sun between Mars and Jupiter.
  4. They are both remnants from the materials that formed the Solar System.
Grade 11 Small Bodies and Dwarf Planets
What is the difference between an asteroid and comet?
  1. A comet orbits the sun and an asteroid does not.
  2. When a comet comes near the sun it loses material while an asteroid typically remains solid.
  3. An asteroid is formed from leftovers from the formation of the solar system and a comet is not.
  4. An asteroid orbits the sun in the oort cloud while a comet orbits the sun between Mars and Jupiter.
Grade 11 Small Bodies and Dwarf Planets
Is Pluto considered a planet?
  1. Yes, because Pluto has an orbit
  2. Yes, because Pluto has moons
  3. No, because Pluto doesn't deserve to be a planet.
  4. No, because Pluto is unable to clear the neighborhood surrounding its orbit.
Grade 11 Small Bodies and Dwarf Planets
Which dwarf planet is located in the asteroid belt?
  1. Ceres
  2. Eris
  3. Pluto
  4. Vesta
Grade 11 Small Bodies and Dwarf Planets
How long, in diameter, is Pluto?
  1. 1,476.8 miles
  2. 3.8 billion miles
  3. 1,476.9 kilometers
  4. 3.9 trillion cups
Grade 11 Small Bodies and Dwarf Planets
How long is a day on Pluto?
  1. 15 minutes on Earth
  2. 1,375 days on Earth
  3. 6 days, 9 hours, 36 minutes on Earth
  4. 3 days, 59 hours, 36 minutes on Earth
Grade 11 Small Bodies and Dwarf Planets
Pluto is located in the Kuiper Belt.
  1. True
  2. False
Grade 11 Small Bodies and Dwarf Planets
Percival Lowell founded the Lowell Observatory to study Neptune.
  1. True
  2. False