Small Bodies Of The Solar System

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Small Bodies of the Solar System
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Question 1

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Pluto is the largest member of the Kuiper Belt.

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Question 2

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Pluto is composed mostly of rock.

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Question 3

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Eris is classified as an asteroid even though its mass is 28 percent larger than Pluto's mass.

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Question 4

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Io is by far the most geologically active moon in the Solar System.

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Eruptions of water-powered geysers have been seen on the surface of Saturn's moon Titan.

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Lakes of methane,ethane,and other hydrocarbons can be found on the surface of Saturn's moon Titan.

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The oceans under Europa's icy crust could be very deep and could contain more water than all the oceans on the Earth.

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The yellow colored patches of Io's surface are fields of sulfur dioxide snow.

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Question 9

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Most asteroids are found in orbit around the Sun between the orbits of Jupiter and Saturn.

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Question 10

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Some asteroids have moons just as planets do.

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Question 11

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Although asteroids are small individually,when combined they make up a significant fraction of the total mass of the planets.

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All short period comets have a period < 20 years.

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Like meteoroids and asteroids,cometary nuclei in the Oort Cloud undergo frequent collisions that often send them into the inner Solar System.

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The most common type of meteorites found are iron meteorites.

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Meteorites are more likely to come from asteroids than comets.

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Question 16

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All meteorites are remnants of planetesimals that never coalesced to form a planet.

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Question 17

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Eris and Ceres are examples of:

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asteroids

dwarf planets

comets

meteor showers

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Question 18

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Which of following is FALSE?

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Pluto has three moons.

Pluto has a mass that is 1/10 times the Earth's mass.

Pluto's orbit sometimes brings it closer to the Sun than Neptune.

Pluto has a rocky core surrounded by a water-ice mantle.

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Question 19

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The surface of the dwarf planet Eris has very high albedo and is covered with:

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methane ice

water ice

sulfur dioxide

frozen carbon dioxide

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Question 20

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What is the most common geologic feature seen on moons?

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Craters

Volcanoes

Palimpsests

Geysers

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