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Grade 6 Small Bodies and Dwarf Planets
What is an asteroid?
  1. a rocky object orbiting the Sun
  2. a steroid
  3. a comet
Grade 6 Small Bodies and Dwarf Planets
Meredith is looking forward to watching the Geminid meteor shower. Which would be the best time for her to view the meteor shower?
  1. dawn to noon
  2. noon to sunset
  3. midnight to dawn
  4. It is never visible.
Grade 6 Small Bodies and Dwarf Planets
What is a small, dust to coin size, piece of matter that hits Earth's atmosphere and burns up called?
  1. asteroid
  2. meteorite
  3. meteor
  4. near-Earth object
Grade 6 Small Bodies and Dwarf Planets
The Kuiper Belt is outside of Neptune's orbit.
  1. True
  2. False
Grade 6 Small Bodies and Dwarf Planets
Halley's Comet is named after the astronomer,                 Halley.
  1. Edward
  2. Elliot
  3. Edmund
  4. Egbert
Grade 6 Small Bodies and Dwarf Planets
The Kuiper Belt is an area of small, icy objects, which includes Pluto.
  1. True
  2. False
Grade 6 Small Bodies and Dwarf Planets
Which of these is NOT a planet?
  1. Mercury
  2. Pluto
  3. Neptune
  4. Earth
Grade 6 Small Bodies and Dwarf Planets
The moons of                 have been named after characters in Shakespeare's works.
  1. Jupiter
  2. Saturn
  3. Uranus
  4. Neptune
Grade 6 Small Bodies and Dwarf Planets
How is a moon different than a planet?
  1. A moon is in orbit around a planet.
  2. A moon is smaller than any planet.
  3. A moon is less massive than any planet.
  4. A moon is unable to have an atmosphere.
Grade 6 Small Bodies and Dwarf Planets
               is a celestial body within the solar system.
  1. Solar flare
  2. Gravity
  3. Volcanoes
  4. Dwarf planet
Grade 6 Small Bodies and Dwarf Planets
Which of these objects appears in Earth's atmosphere?
  1. a moon
  2. an asteroid
  3. a meteor
  4. a comet
Grade 6 Small Bodies and Dwarf Planets
Which planet is considered a dwarf planet?
  1. Venus
  2. Mercury
  3. Neptune
  4. Pluto
Grade 6 Small Bodies and Dwarf Planets
Explain the difference between a meteor and a meteorite.
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