- 1. Small Solar System bodies are objects in the Solar System that are not classified as planets or dwarf planets. They include comets, asteroids, meteoroids, and other minor objects. These bodies are remnants from the formation of the Solar System and provide valuable insights into its history. Comets are icy bodies that develop tails when they approach the Sun, while asteroids are rocky or metallic objects that orbit the Sun. Meteoroids are smaller fragments of asteroids or comets that enter Earth's atmosphere, creating meteors when they burn up. Studying these small Solar System bodies can help us understand the early conditions of the Solar System and the potential hazards they pose to our planet.
What is the largest known small solar system body?
A) Pluto
B) Eris
C) Makemake
D) Ceres
- 2. Which small solar system body is classified as a dwarf planet?
A) Hygiea
B) Pluto
C) Vesta
D) Haumea
- 3. Which small solar system body is believed to have a subsurface ocean?
A) Ganymede
B) Europa
C) Titan
D) Callisto
- 4. What is the largest known Kuiper Belt Object?
A) Eris
B) Makemake
C) Quaoar
D) Sedna
- 5. Which small solar system body has a bright spherical shape and is the second brightest object in the Kuiper Belt?
A) Haumea
B) Eris
C) Varuna
D) Makemake
- 6. Which small solar system body is considered one of the brightest asteroids in the asteroid belt?
A) Pallas
B) Vesta
C) Ceres
D) Hygiea
- 7. Which small solar system body has the most known moons?
A) Jupiter
B) Neptune
C) Uranus
D) Saturn
- 8. Which small solar system body is the target of the upcoming NASA mission called Lucy?
A) Trojan asteroids
B) Kuiper Belt Object
C) Main Belt asteroids
D) Oort Cloud Object
- 9. What is the name of the spacecraft that rendezvoused with and studied the comet 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko?
A) Rosetta
B) New Horizons
C) Cassini
D) Voyager
- 10. What is the term for a meteoroid that survives its passage through Earth's atmosphere and lands on the surface?
A) Asteroid
B) Meteorite
C) Meteor
D) Comet
- 11. What is the name of the region beyond Neptune where many small icy bodies are found?
A) Asteroid Belt
B) Kuiper Belt
C) Main Belt
D) Oort Cloud
- 12. What is the term for a small solar system body that enters Earth's atmosphere and produces a bright streak of light?
A) Meteoroid
B) Asteroid
C) Meteor
D) Comet
- 13. What is the name of the spacecraft that conducted a flyby of Pluto and its moons in 2015?
A) Voyager
B) New Horizons
C) Rosetta
D) Cassini
- 14. Which small solar system body is responsible for the Perseid meteor shower?
A) Dwarf planet Haumea
B) Asteroid Vesta
C) Comet Swift-Tuttle
D) Kuiper Belt object Sedna
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