Asteroids

Most of the mass of the asteroids are found...

• in asteroids Ceres and Vesta

• evenly distributed among all asteroids

• in dwarf planet Ceres and asteroid Vesta

• in the smaller asteroids

The asteroid belt most likely formed due to ....

• Jupiter's large gravitational pull

• Mars' weak gravitational pull

• not enough raw material to work with

• too much ice melted into water

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NGSS.MS-ESS1-2

There are Kirkwood gaps in the asteroid the asteroid belt which of the following isn't involved?

• few asteroids are found there

• only icy asteroids are found here

• orbital periods are integer fractions of Jupiter's orbit

• gravitational resonances push asteroids to other orbits

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NGSS.MS-ESS1-2

NGSS.MS-PS2-4

NGSS.MS-PS2-5

Vesta is the most massive of the rocky astroids and makes up about...

• 25% of the asteroid belt mass

• 15% of the asteroid belt mass

• 9% of the asteroid belt mass

• 7% of the asteroid belt mass

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS1-3

The Dawn spacecraft used what kind of thrusters to get to the Asteroids?

• ion propulsion

• chemical rockets

• nuclear powered reactors

• solid fueled rockets

Vesta, being one of the largest astreoids, has a surface area about ...

• the size of California

• twice the size of California

• twice the size of Alaska

• twice the size of Connecticut

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS1-3

Many of the oldest rocks found on Earth...

• came from the asteroid belt

• came from the Sun

• came from Jupiter

• are native to Earth

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

The subcompact car sized spacecraft that orbited both Ceres and Vesta was named...

• Dawn

• Dusk

• Morning Riser

• High Noon

• New Adventure

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NGSS.MS-ESS1-2

NGSS.MS-ESS1-3

The 500 kilometer diameter crater at Vesta's south pole has a central peak that is ...

• the 2nd tallest mountain known in the solar system

• by far the largest mountain known in the solar system

• the 3rd largest mountain known in the solar system

• not remarkable, hardly worth mentioning

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS1-3

Giuseppe Piazzi's discovery, the first known asteroid, was named _____

• Ceres

• Vesta

• Lutetia

• Gaspra

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NGSS.MS-ESS1-2

NGSS.MS-ESS1-3