Chp 5: Geometry of the Solar System

Question 1

Name the terrestrial planets.

Answer 1

Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars

Question 2

Which of the following is a telescope located in orbit around Earth?

Answer 2

Hubble Space Telescope

Question 3

Pluto is now classified as a ____ _____.

Answer 3

dwarf planet

Question 4

Which are the official requirements for a classification as a planet in our Solar System?

Answer 4

• Must orbit the Sun
• Must have enough mass for its self-gravity to overcome rigid body forces to have assumed a nearly round shape
• Has cleared its orbit of debris

Question 5

The largest object in the Asteroid Belt is called

Answer 5

Ceres

Question 6

The Solar System’s asteroid belt is located between the orbits of ____ and_____ .

Answer 6

Mars and Jupiter

Question 7

Name the 2 larger objects located in the Kuiper Belt?

Answer 7

Eris and Sedna

Question 8

A telescope that uses a glass lens to collect light is called a

Answer 8

Refractor telescope

Question 9

A telescope that collects light with a curved mirror is called a

Answer 9

Reflector telescope

Question 10

A zone of icy bodies that we have evidence exists as a source of comets (but haven’t directly seen yet) at the outer edges of the Solar System is called

Answer 10

The Oort Cloud