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1. Which of the statements is correct?
A. Only asteroids collide with Earth.
B. Cornets are ball of ice, dust, and metal.
C. Meteoroids are streak of light produced when comet enters Earth's
atmosphere.
D. Only asteroids can be found in the solar system.

2. What do you call the fragments or debris that resulted from the collision of
asteroids or comets?
A. meteors
B. meteoroids
C. Oort Cloud
D. Kuiper Belt

3. What is the bright glow around the "head" of a comet?
A. coma
B. crown
C. halo
D. ring

4. What is the name of the famous comet that can be seen from Earth every 75 to
76 years?
A. Hale Boop
B. Comet Halley
C. Comet Tempel 1
D. Shoemaker Levy-9

5. What is the correct term for a “shooting star"?
A. asteroid
B. comet
C. falling star
D, meteor

6. What is an Asteroid Belt?
A. It has rocks crossing the Sun, Mars, and Jupiter.
B. It has rocks crossing the Sun, Jupiter, and Uranus.
C. It is an area between Mars and Jupiter where most asteroids are found.
D. It has rocks between the Earth and Jupiter where most asteroids are found.​

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Explanation:

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(a) F

Pole Star is a star in the galaxy and hence not a part of the solar system.

(b) T

Mercury is the smallest planet in the solar system and Jupiter is the largest planet in the solar system.

(c) T

Uranus is the farthest planet to the sun in the solar system and Mercury is the closest planet to the earth in the solar system.

(d) T

INSAT or Indian National Satellite System is a series of artificial Indian satellites used for telecommunications, meteorology and search and rescue operations.

(e) F

There are eight planets in the solar system. They are Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus and Neptune. Note the pluto is considered as a dwarf planet.

(f) F

Orion can be seen with naked eyes. It is one of the most magnificent constellations in the sky. It has seven or eight bright stars. Orion is also called the Hunter

In this exercise, we have to use our knowledge of astronomy to identify the correct alternatives, so we find that:

1)C

2)B

3)A

4)B

5)D

6)C

Then, based on astronomy knowledge, we can identify that the true alternatives correspond to:

1)A meteor happen a streak of light above bring into being by a meteor superlative through Earth's general feeling or mood.

2)Meteoroids exist lumps of rock or iron that revolution the brightest star, just as celestial body orbiting a star, asteroids, and comets act.

3)A coma happen the fuzzy-anticipate glow that maybe visualize situated on sides the head of a comet.

4)Halley's Comet, that happen 8 kilometres (5 miles) expansive and 16 km long, travels around the Sun each 75 to 76 age in an lengthened circuit.

5)Shooting stars exist existent what astronomers call meteors. Most meteors upset fashionable the gases around the earth before they reach the ground.

6)The celestial body orbiting a star belt happen a torus-form domain in the Solar System, situated about middle from two points the orbits of the celestial body orbiting a star Jupiter and Mars.

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