The Kuiper Belt

What year did New Horizons pass by and study Pluto?

• 2015

• 1930

• 1978

• 1990

Pluto was discovered in what year?

• 2015

• 1776

• 1930

• 1945

How many AU does the Kuiper Belt cover?

• 10-12 AU

• 3 million miles

• 25-30 AU

• 20-25 AU

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS1-3

Select three known Kuiper Belt Objects?

• Makemake

• Pluto

• Neptune

• Eris

• Titan

Who is the Kuiper Belt named after?

• Henry Ford

• Donald Trump

• Gerard Kuiper

• Bram Stoker

What was the first Kuiper Belt Object discovered?

• Makemake

• Haumea

• Neptune

• Pluto

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS1-3

Which Kuiper Belt Object is egg-shaped?

• Haumea

• Makemake

• Pluto

• Eris

Who proposed the idea of the Kuiper Belt?

• George Washington

• Thomas Edison

• Gerard Kuiper

• Isaac Newton

What distance from the sun is the inner edge?

• 30 AU

• 100 AU

• 4 gallons

• 55 AU

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS1-3

Objects in the Kuiper Belt are known as what?

• Asteroids

• Comets

• Kuiper Belt Objects

• Kuiper Belt Comets

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS1-3