Jeopardy – The Solar System The SunThe Inner Planets The Outer Planets Comets, Asteroids and Meteors Wild Card

The Sun for 100 How old is the sun? Push the Space Bar to check your answer. What is about 5 billion years old

The Sun for 200 I produce all of this invisible force that pulls the planets toward me. This force is called? Push the Space Bar to check your answer. What is gravity? Push the Space Bar to check your answer.

The Sun for 300 Scientists call me “Sunspots.” I am this temperature. Push the Space Bar to check your answer. What is cool?

The Sun for 400 I am really a ______. I am not the biggest one of these. Push the Space Bar to check your answer. What is a star?

The Sun for 500 I provide all of this for the Earth. Push the Space Bar to check your answer. What is heat and light?

The Inner Planets for 100 We are the four inner planets. Push the Space Bar to check your answer. What are the rocky planets? Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars

The Inner Planets for 200 I am the inner planet that is most like Earth. Push the Space Bar to check your answer. What is Mars?

The Inner Planets for 300 I am the red planet. Push the Space Bar to check your answer. What is Mars?

The Inner Planets for 400 I am the closest planet to the sun. Push the Space Bar to check your answer. What is Mercury?

The Inner Planets for 500 I am the hottest planet. Push the Space Bar to check your answer. What is Venus

The Outer Planets for 100 We are the four outer planets, some might say we stink. What kind of “Giants” are we? Push the Space Bar to check your answer. What are the gas giants?

The Outer Planets for 200 I am the largest planet. Push the Space Bar to check your answer. What is Jupiter?

The Outer Planets for 300 Some say I don’t belong here. They say I am no longer a planet. Push the Space Bar to check your answer. What is Pluto?

The Outer Planets for 400 They knew I was there before they saw me. Push the Space Bar to check your answer. What is Neptune?

The Outer Planets for 500 I’m known for my rings of ice and rocks in orbit around me. Push the Space Bar to check your answer. What is Saturn

Comets, Asteroids, and Meteors for 100 Some call me a dirty snowball – A chunk of ice mixed with rock. I travel in a narrow orbit around the sun. Push the Space Bar to check your answer. What is a comet?

Comets, Asteroids, and Meteors for 200 If I hit the Earth I become one. Push the Space Bar to check your answer. What is a meteorite?

Comets, Asteroids, and Meteors for 300 Some call me a shooting star. Push the Space Bar to check your answer. What is a meteor?

Comets, Asteroids, and Meteors for 400 I’m just too small to be a planet. Push the Space Bar to check your answer. What is an asteroid?

Comets, Asteroids, and Meteors for 500 I am a belt between Mars and Jupiter. Push the Space Bar to check your answer. What is the asteroid belt?

Wild Card for 100 I make some planets have unusual colors. Push the Space Bar to check your answer. What are gases?

Wild Card for 200 These are much farther away than planets. Push the Space Bar to check your answer. What are Stars ?

Wild Card for 300 Warmer stars are these colors. Push the Space Bar to check your answer. What is white or blue?

Wild Card for 400 I am a group of stars that make a pattern. Push the Space Bar to check your answer. What is a constellation?

Wild Card for 500 Cooler stars are these colors. Push the Space Bar to check your answer. What is red and orange?