Solar System Formation and Planets Quiz

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Match the following Solar System objects with their categories:

Mercury = Terrestrial planet Jupiter = Gas giant Pluto = Kuiper-belt object Ceres = Asteroid-belt object

Match the following Solar System regions with their characteristics:

Inner Solar System = Solid surfaces Outer Solar System = Mainly composed of gases and liquids Asteroid belt = Between the orbits of Mars and Jupiter Kuiper belt = Just outside Neptune's orbit

Match the following Solar System mass percentages with their corresponding objects:

99.86% = Sun 90% = Jupiter and Saturn combined 0.14% = All other objects combined 10% = Neptune and Uranus combined

Match the following dwarf planets with their respective categories:

<p>Pluto = Kuiper-belt object Ceres = Asteroid-belt object Eris = Scattered-disc object Makemake = Kuiper-belt object</p> Signup and view all the answers

Match the following small Solar System bodies with their types:

<p>Asteroids = In the asteroid belt between Mars and Jupiter Comets = Orbiting the Sun with a tail of gas and dust Meteors = Small rocky or metallic body that enters Earth's atmosphere Interplanetary dust clouds = Orbiting the Sun as a cloud of fine particles</p> Signup and view all the answers