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Question 1
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Q. In the diagram of the solar system, where is the big gap that bugged astronomers?
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between Mars and Jupiter
between Jupiter and Saturn
between Saturn and Uranus
between Uranus and Neptune
between Mars and Jupiter
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between Jupiter and Saturn
between Saturn and Uranus
between Uranus and Neptune
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Question 2
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Q. Giuseppe Piazzi's discovery, the first known asteroid, was named _____
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Ceres
Vesta
Lutetia
Gaspra
Ceres
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Vesta
Lutetia
Gaspra
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Q. The word 'asteroid' literally means _____
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little dot
star-like
tiny point
brilliant one
little dot
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star-like
tiny point
brilliant one
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Q. How many asteroids have been discovered to date?
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450
thousands
tens of thousands
hundreds of thousands
450
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thousands
tens of thousands
hundreds of thousands
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Q. In our solar system, there are probably over a million asteroids larger than _____
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1 km in size
10 km in size
100 km in size
500 km in size
1 km in size
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10 km in size
100 km in size
500 km in size
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Q. What percentage of asteroids are carbonaceous, which means they have lots of carbon in them?
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35%
55%
75%
95%
35%
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55%
75%
95%
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Q. One sixth of the asteroids are silicon-based rock, and are called _____.
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silicaceous
stoney
metalloids
SA Type
silicaceous
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stoney
metalloids
SA Type
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Q. So many asteroids orbit the sun between Mars and Jupiter that this region is now called _____
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the central region
the M-J divide
the Kirkwood Gap
the main belt
the central region
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the M-J divide
the Kirkwood Gap
the main belt
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Q. Asteroid deserts, or gaps in the main belt, are a result of _____
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tugs from Jupiter's gravity
collisions with other asteroids
defects during formation
interactions with inner planets
tugs from Jupiter's gravity
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collisions with other asteroids
defects during formation
interactions with inner planets
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Q. On average, how far apart are decent-sized asteroids?
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dozens of kilometers apart
hundreds of kilometers apart
thousands of kilometers apart
millions of kilometers apart
dozens of kilometers apart
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hundreds of kilometers apart
thousands of kilometers apart
millions of kilometers apart
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Q. Ceres, the largest object in the main belt, is about _____ across
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9 km
90 km
900 km
9000 km
9 km
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90 km
900 km
9000 km
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Q. Ceres has a water-ice mantle which probably contains _____
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more than all the water on Earth
almost as much water as on Earth
more than all the freshwater on Earth
almost as much as the freshwater on Earth
more than all the water on Earth
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almost as much water as on Earth
more than all the freshwater on Earth
almost as much as the freshwater on Earth
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Q. What is the term for a solid, such as the ice on Ceres, turning directly into a gas?
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sublimation
condensation
deposition
evaporation
sublimation
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condensation
deposition
evaporation
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Q. What is the name of the third largest, but second most massive, known asteroid?
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Ceres
Vesta
Lutetia
Gaspra
Ceres
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Vesta
Lutetia
Gaspra
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Q. What's the specific name for a roundish object that's like a ball, but squished from above?
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paraboloid
prolate spheroid
oblate spheroid
ellipsoid
paraboloid
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prolate spheroid
oblate spheroid
ellipsoid
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Q. Cleopatra, a weird dog-bone shaped rock, has _____
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no moons
one moon
two moons
three moons
no moons
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one moon
two moons
three moons
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Q. In astronomy, individual rocks held together by their own gravity are called _____
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a rubble pile
a gravel heap
a cracked rock
a coalesced monolith
a rubble pile
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a gravel heap
a cracked rock
a coalesced monolith
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Q. Asteroids that have orbits that cross the orbit of Mars are called _____
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inner belt asteroids
red path asteroids
martian transits
Mars-crossing asteroids
inner belt asteroids
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red path asteroids
martian transits
Mars-crossing asteroids
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Q. Asteroids that cross Earth's orbit, but still reside mostly outside it, are called _____
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inner belt asteroids
Apollo asteroids
Aten asteroids
Earth-crossing asteroids
inner belt asteroids
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Apollo asteroids
Aten asteroids
Earth-crossing asteroids
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Q. Asteroids that have orbits that are almost entirely inside Earth's orbit are called _____
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inner belt asteroids
Apollo asteroids
Aten asteroids
Earth-crossing asteroids
inner belt asteroids
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Apollo asteroids
Aten asteroids
Earth-crossing asteroids
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Q. The points along a planet's orbit where the gravitational forces are in balance are called _____
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Lagrange points
Trojan points
Newton points
Etan points
Lagrange points
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Trojan points
Newton points
Etan points
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Q. Asteroids that sit at Lagrange points of planets are called _____
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Greek asteroids
Trojan asteroids
Achilles asteroids
Etan asteroids
Greek asteroids
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Trojan asteroids
Achilles asteroids
Etan asteroids
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