AND THE DWARF QUIZ If you get stuck, all the information you need to answer the questions is in your Zoom Into Space Pluto and the Dwarf Planets book. Enjoy the quiz!

1: What is Pluto? 9: When was Pluto discovered? 16: Which of these statements a) A a) 1930 is true? b) A b) 1890 a) is both a dwarf planet and c) An c) 2001 an asteroid. b) Ceres the in the 2: How wide is Pluto? 10: Which statement is false? . a) 1,430 miles (2,302 km) wide a) Pluto is larger than . c) Ceres is farther from the Sun b) 250 miles (402 km) wide b) Pluto used to be called a planet. than Pluto. c) 600 miles (966 km) wide c) is about half the size of Pluto. 17: What shape is the dwarf 3: How long does it take Pluto to planet ? rotate, or spin around, once? 11: Which of these statements a) Egg-shaped a) About 203 days is true? b) Shaped like a lumpy potato b) About 6.5 Earth days a) is a c) Banana-shaped c) 2 Earth hours launched in 1930. b) New Horizons is the 18: Which statement is true? 4: How long is a year on Pluto? a) Nearly 10 Earth years used to discover Pluto. a) Haumea has two known . b) About 1 million Earth years c) New Horizons is a probe that will b) Haumea has no moons. c) Nearly 248 Earth years reach Pluto in 2015. c) A year on Haumea lasts for 307 Earth years. 5: What is the surface of 12: How many dwarf planets have Pluto like? been discovered so far? 19: Which statement is false? a) Covered by a sea of boiling a) 3 a) The surface of is b) Covered with ice b) 5 covered with ice. c) Rocky with volcanoes blasting icy c) 12 b) Makemake is a dwarf planet. liquid into the sky c) A year on Makemake lasts for 13: Which dwarf planet is closest to 283 Earth years. 6: How many moons have the Sun? scientists discovered a) Ceres 20: Which dwarf planet travels orbiting Pluto? b) Pluto farthest from the Sun? a) 22 c) a) Pluto b) 10 b) Eris c) 5 14: How big is Ceres? c) Makemake a) It is almost as wide as the 7: What is the name of Pluto’s United States. largest ? b) It is bigger than Earth. a) Makemake c) It is almost as wide as Texas. b) Mickey c) Charon 15: What is the Kuiper Belt? a) A group of between Mars 8: Who or what is Pluto and named after? b) A ring of moons circling Pluto a) A famous cartoon character c) An area where Pluto and other b) A dog belonging to the scientist dwarf planets the Sun who discovered Pluto c) The Roman god of the underworld

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