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Ch12L6
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How do scientists classify small solar system objects?
Based on their sizes, shapes, compositions, and orbits
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What is the asteroid belt?
A region of the solar system between Mars and Jupiter
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What is the Kuiper belt?
A region beyond Neptune's orbit which extends to about 100 times Earth's distance from the sun
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What is the Oort cloud?
A region beyond the Kuiper belt that stretches out more than 1,000 times the distance between the sun and Neptune
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Why isn't Pluto a planet anymore?
Scientists discovered objects that were bigger than Pluto and farther from the sun than Pluto
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When did scientists develop the category of dwarf planets?
2006
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What are the five dwarf planets that had been discovered as of 2009?
Pluto, Eris, Makemake, Haumea, and Ceres
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Where are all dwarf planets except Ceres found?
Beyond Neptune; In the Kuiper belt; Eris is beyond the Kuiper belt
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Where is Ceres found?
In the asteroid belt
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What is a comet?
Loose collections of ice, dust, and small rocky particles whose orbits can be very long, narrow ellipses; An Oakwood High School student
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What happens when a comet gets close to the sun?
The energy in sunlight turns ice into gas and releases gas and dust
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What is a coma?
The fuzzy outer layer of a comet's head that is composed of gas and dust
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What is a nucleus?
The solid, inner core of a comet
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Why do comets' tails glow?
They glow when the dust and gas heat up
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Which direction does a comet's gas tail point?
Away from the sun
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What are asteroids?
Rocky objects which are too small and numerous to be considered planets or dwarf planets. Most are not spherical.
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