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title: Pluto, the Kuiper belt, the Oort cloud and comets — the lesson's questions with trees and pragmatics · Space
description: The 16 test and exam questions of lesson 15 «Pluto, the Kuiper belt, the Oort cloud and comets» of the space course of Mova's primary school, each with its options, Mova's choice and the right answer, every sentence with its dependency tree and pragmatics.
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# Pluto, the Kuiper belt, the Oort cloud and comets

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The 16 questions of lesson 15 «Pluto, the Kuiper belt, the Oort cloud and comets» of the space course of Mova's primary school with their options, 81 sentences, every one parsed by Mova with its syntax tree and pragmatics. How the student did on them: [the lesson at school](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/school-run/space/15-pluto-the-kuiper-belt-the-oort-cloud-and-comets/).

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- [t1](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/space/15-pluto-the-kuiper-belt-the-oort-cloud-and-comets/t1/) — A comet is racing away from the Sun. Which way does its tail point? — right ✓ · ★★
- [t2](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/space/15-pluto-the-kuiper-belt-the-oort-cloud-and-comets/t2/) — my grandad saw Halley's Comet in 1986. if I'm 10 now (2026), how old will I be next time it's bright? — wrong ✗ · ★★
- [t3](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/space/15-pluto-the-kuiper-belt-the-oort-cloud-and-comets/t3/) — In a cartoon a comet is drawn as a ball of fire burning through space. What is wrong? — wrong ✗ · ★★
- [t4](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/space/15-pluto-the-kuiper-belt-the-oort-cloud-and-comets/t4/) — Ella says Pluto got kicked out because it's too small to have a moon. what's wrong? — right ✓ · ★★
- [t5](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/space/15-pluto-the-kuiper-belt-the-oort-cloud-and-comets/t5/) — Why did it take until 2019 to see Arrokoth up close? — wrong ✗ · ★★
- [t6](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/space/15-pluto-the-kuiper-belt-the-oort-cloud-and-comets/t6/) — If the Earth did not cross a comet's dust trail in August, what would happen to the Perseids? — wrong ✗ · ★★
- [t7](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/space/15-pluto-the-kuiper-belt-the-oort-cloud-and-comets/t7/) — Which is the most distant object ever explored up close? — wrong ✗ · ★★
- [t8](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/space/15-pluto-the-kuiper-belt-the-oort-cloud-and-comets/t8/) — Pluto's heart is made of what? — right ✓ · ★★
- [t9](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/space/15-pluto-the-kuiper-belt-the-oort-cloud-and-comets/t9/) — honestly why do they reckon the Oort cloud's real if nobody's seen it — right ✓ · ★★
- [t10](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/space/15-pluto-the-kuiper-belt-the-oort-cloud-and-comets/t10/) — Which is true? — wrong ✗ · ★★
- [t11](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/space/15-pluto-the-kuiper-belt-the-oort-cloud-and-comets/t11/) — Why does a comet grow a glowing head only near the Sun? — right ✓ · ★★
- [t12](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/space/15-pluto-the-kuiper-belt-the-oort-cloud-and-comets/t12/) — lol Rosetta landed on a comet? no way. what did it really do — wrong ✗ · ★★
- [e1](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/space/15-pluto-the-kuiper-belt-the-oort-cloud-and-comets/e1/) — Identify the principal reason for which Pluto was reclassified as a dwarf planet in the year two thousand and six. — right ✓ · exam
- [e2](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/space/15-pluto-the-kuiper-belt-the-oort-cloud-and-comets/e2/) — Select the response that is consistent with the established facts concerning the orientation of cometary tails. — wrong ✗ · exam
- [e3](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/space/15-pluto-the-kuiper-belt-the-oort-cloud-and-comets/e3/) — State the interval at which Halley's Comet returns to the vicinity of the Sun. — right ✓ · exam
- [e4](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/space/15-pluto-the-kuiper-belt-the-oort-cloud-and-comets/e4/) — Ascertain the origin of the meteor shower designated the Perseids. — right ✓ · exam

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