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Grade 8 Small Bodies and Dwarf Planets
What do we call the small chuck of rock or metal in space?
  1. meteoroid
  2. meteorite
  3. asteroid
  4. meteor
Grade 8 Small Bodies and Dwarf Planets
Meteoroids usually come from                          .
  1. solar winds
  2. comets or asteroids
  3. debris from other planets
  4. beyond the solar system
Grade 8 Small Bodies and Dwarf Planets
The collection of rocks located between the orbits of Mars and Jupiter is called                  .
  1. Asteroid Belt
  2. Kuiper Belt
  3. Oort Cloud
  4. None of the above
Grade 8 Small Bodies and Dwarf Planets
Where is the asteroid belt located?
  1. between Venus and Earth
  2. between Earth and Mars
  3. between Mars and Jupiter
  4. between Jupiter and Saturn
Grade 8 Small Bodies and Dwarf Planets
Pluto is an example of a(n)
  1. dwarf planet.
  2. inner planet.
  3. outer planet.
  4. planetesimal.
Grade 8 Small Bodies and Dwarf Planets
Large bits of dust and ice that circled the solar nebula is called                .
  1. Protoplanets
  2. Planets
  3. Planetesimals
  4. Protons
Grade 8 Small Bodies and Dwarf Planets
This is a "dirty snowball" made of dust and ice.
  1. comet
  2. meteor
  3. asteroid
  4. meteorite
Grade 8 Small Bodies and Dwarf Planets
Most dwarf planets in our solar system are found in the Kuiper belt.
  1. True
  2. False
Grade 8 Small Bodies and Dwarf Planets
A meteoroid that has entered Earth's atmosphere.
  1. meteoroid
  2. meteorite
  3. asteroid
  4. meteor
Grade 8 Small Bodies and Dwarf Planets
Which of the following distinguishes a planet from a dwarf planet?
  1. orbits the Sun
  2. large enough to form a round shape
  3. cleared similar objects from its orbit
  4. has gravity
Grade 8 Small Bodies and Dwarf Planets
A meteorite is a meteoroid that reaches Earth's surface.
  1. True
  2. False
Grade 8 Small Bodies and Dwarf Planets
Which is the closest dwarf planet to the Sun?
  1. Ceres
  2. Pluto
  3. Eris
  4. Makemake
Grade 8 Small Bodies and Dwarf Planets
Which of the following leave tails as they get close to the sun?
  1. asteroid
  2. comet
  3. meteor
  4. none of the above
Grade 8 Small Bodies and Dwarf Planets
This galaxy has "arms" which look like pinwheels. An example of this is our Milky Way galaxy.
  1. spiral
  2. eliptical
  3. irregular
  4. bulge
Grade 8 Small Bodies and Dwarf Planets
Which of the following is not considered to be a dwarf planet?
  1. Ceres
  2. Makemake
  3. Haumea
  4. Europa
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