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Grade 6 Small Bodies and Dwarf Planets
What is the name for the area in between Mars and Jupiter?
  1. The Kuiper Belt
  2. The Asteroid Belt
  3. Nebula
  4. Ceres
Grade 6 Small Bodies and Dwarf Planets
What is the name of a metallic object that survived Earth's atmosphere and landed on Earth?
  1. Meteoroid
  2. Meteor
  3. Meteorite
  4. Comet
Grade 6 Small Bodies and Dwarf Planets
Pluto lost its planet status. It is now referred to as a dwarf planet.
  1. True
  2. False
Grade 6 Small Bodies and Dwarf Planets
Large pieces of space rock with irregular shapes are called
  1. asteroids.
  2. comets.
  3. meteors.
  4. dwarf planets.
Grade 6 Small Bodies and Dwarf Planets
What is the name given to an area between Mars and Jupiter?
  1. Solar System
  2. Asteroid Belt
  3. Kuiper Belt
  4. Gas Giants
Grade 6 Small Bodies and Dwarf Planets
A meteor that strikes Earth's surface.
  1. Meteor
  2. Meteorite
  3. Gravity
  4. Tides
  5. Moon Phases
Grade 6 Small Bodies and Dwarf Planets
How often can Halley's Comet be seen with the unaided eye?
  1. never
  2. 76 times a year
  3. every 76 years
  4. every 76 centuries
Grade 6 Small Bodies and Dwarf Planets
In 2006, Pluto was reclassified to a(n)                 planet.
  1. dwarf
  2. inner
  3. outer
  4. giant
Grade 6 Small Bodies and Dwarf Planets
A ball of ice, rock, and frozen gases that comes close to the Sun is called what?
  1. a meteoroid
  2. a comet
  3. a asteroid
  4. meteor
Grade 6 Small Bodies and Dwarf Planets
Which of these is a dwarf planet?
  1. Earth
  2. Uranus
  3. Pluto
  4. Neptune
Grade 6 Small Bodies and Dwarf Planets
Meteor showers only occur at night.
  1. True
  2. False
Grade 6 Small Bodies and Dwarf Planets
Most asteroids don't have enough gravity to affect their                .
  1. shapes
  2. orbits
  3. atmospheres
Grade 6 Small Bodies and Dwarf Planets
Halley's comet was the first comet that was predicted to return.
  1. True
  2. False
Grade 6 Small Bodies and Dwarf Planets
What is the biggest moon in the solar system?
  1. Deimos
  2. Luna
  3. Ganymede
  4. Phobos
Grade 6 Small Bodies and Dwarf Planets
Sam watches the Lyrid meteor shower in April. When is the next time he can watch the Lyrids?
  1. In May. Meteor showers repeat every month.
  2. In July. Meteor showers repeat each season.
  3. Next April. Meteor showers repeat each year.
  4. Never. Each meteor shower is a one-time event.
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