Beyond the Kuiper Belt: Exploring the Oort Cloud
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Where is the Oort Cloud located in relation to the Kuiper Belt?

  • Within the Kuiper Belt
  • Beyond the Kuiper Belt (correct)
  • Between Mars and Jupiter
  • Inside Earth's orbit

What is the Kuiper Belt primarily composed of?

  • Icy bodies (correct)
  • Rocky asteroids
  • Metallic objects
  • Water vapor clouds

What marks the boundary of the Sun's gravitational influence?

  • Heliosphere
  • Oort Cloud (correct)
  • Termination Shock
  • Kuiper Belt

What creates the heliosphere around our Sun?

<p>Solar wind (B)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What is the primary composition of the Oort Cloud?

<p>Icy pieces of space debris, some bigger than mountains (A)</p> Signup and view all the answers

Where is the termination shock located?

<p>At the edge of the heliosphere (C)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What marks the boundary of the Sun's gravitational influence?

<p>The Oort Cloud (B)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What is the distance from the Sun to Earth known as?

<p>1 astronomical unit (AU) (A)</p> Signup and view all the answers

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