The Kuiper Belt Reading Assignment

What is the Kuiper Belt sometimes called?

• The third zone of the solar system

• The asteroid belt

• The Oort Cloud

• The Trans-Neptunian Region

Which of the following is NOT a characteristic of the Kuiper Belt?

• It contains millions of small, icy objects.

• It is located beyond the orbit of Neptune.

• It is a thin belt like the asteroid belt.

• It contains objects like Pluto over 600 miles wide.

What is the primary composition of objects in the Kuiper Belt?

• Rock and water ice, with frozen compounds like ammonia and methane

• Primarily gaseous elements

• Metallic elements

• Liquid water and organic compounds

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NGSS.MS-PS1-1

What is the difference between the Kuiper Belt and the Oort Cloud?

• The Kuiper Belt is closer to the solar system than the Oort Cloud.

• The Oort Cloud is a thin belt like the asteroid belt.

• The Kuiper Belt contains only rocky objects.

• The Oort Cloud is within the orbit of Neptune.

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NGSS.MS-ESS1-3

The Kuiper Belt is best described as:

• A thin linear region of space

• A thick disk-like region beyond Neptune

• A completely empty region of space

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NGSS.MS-ESS1-3

Gerard Kuiper's scientific contribution was:

• Speculating about objects beyond Pluto

• Mapping the entire solar system

• Creating the first space telescope

Why is the Kuiper Belt sometimes called the "third zone" of the solar system?

• It is the third planet from the sun

• It represents a distinct region beyond known planetary orbits

• It contains three types of objects

Pluto's relationship to the Kuiper Belt is:

• Completely unrelated
  

• Pluto is a Kuiper Belt object

• Pluto orbits outside the Kuiper Belt

The volume of the Kuiper Belt can be best described as:

• extremely compact

• enormous

• microscopic

Which dot represents where the Kuiper Belt is located?

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NGSS.MS-ESS1-1

NGSS.MS-ESS1-3