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Concept 4 Quiz

List and describe the minor members of the solar system.

This activity contains 10 questions.

Question 1.
Identify the indicated parts of a typical comet by selecting the correct response.

(Comet diagram, Copyright © Prentice Hall, Inc.)

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The letters A through D appear on an image associated with this question.

This question presents 4 items numbered 1.1 through 1.4. Each item is presented with a pulldown menu containing the letters A through D. For each item below, use the pull-down menu to select the letter that labels the correct part of the image.
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Question 2.
Most meteor showers are associated with the orbits of


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Question 3.
In 2001 an American spacecraft landed on the asteroid Ceres.

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Question 4.
All asteroids are uniform boulders.

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Question 5.
The Kuiper Belt is also referred to as the Oort Cloud.

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Question 6.
The remains of meteoroids when found on the surface of Earth are called


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Question 7.
The ionized tail of a comet points towards the Sun.

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Question 8.
Meteor Crater is the only impact crater known on Earth's surface.

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Question 9.
Meteorites are described and classified as


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Question 10.
Iron meteorites are probably fragments of once-molten cores of large asteroids or small planets.

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