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Jeopardy InnerPlanets InOur Galaxy Q $100 Q $200 Q $300 Q $400 Q $500 Q $100 Q $200 Q $300 Q $400 Q $500 Final Jeopardy

$100 Question from C1 Name the planet closest to the sun

$100 Answer from C1 Mercury

$200 Question from C1 Who is Earth’s twin?

$200 Answer from C1 Venus

$300 Question from C1 How did Mercury get its name?

$300 Answer from C1 The messenger God is fast- Mercury goes around the sun the fastest.

$400 Question from C1 Describe Mars’ color.

$400 Answer from C1 Red from the iron in the soil; dusty

$500 Question from C1 Explain the atmosphere on Mars

$500 Answer from C1 95% carbon dioxide

$100 Question from C2 What is the 2 nd planet from the sun?

$100 Answer from C2 Venus

$200 Question from C2 What is the smallest inner planet?

$200 Answer from C2 Mercury

$300 Question from C2 Describe Mercury’s surface?

$300 Answer from C2 Hard and rocky; craters

$400 Question from C2 Explain what Venus’ clouds do

$400 Answer from C2 Trap or hold in all the heat * Greenhouse effect

$500 Question from C2 Which inner planet has only 1 moon?

$500 Answer from C2 Earth

$100 Question from C3 Name our home planet.

$100 Answer from C3 Earth

$200 Question from C3 Why is Venus considered Earth’s twin?

$200 Answer from C3 They are so close in size

$300 Question from C3 What percentage of the Earth’s surface is water?

$300 Answer from C3 70%

$400 Question from C3 How was Venus named?

$400 Answer from C3 God of Beauty and Love- Aphrodite

$500 Question from C3 This separates the inner and outer planets?

$500 Answer from C3 Asteroid Belt

$100 Question from C4 Name the inner planet closest to the asteroid belt.

$100 Answer from C4 Mars

$200 Question from C4 How did Mars get its name?

$200 Answer from C4 The God of War, Aries, is named Mars – red atmosphere looks like blood

$300 Question from C4 How many days does it take Earth to revolve around the sun?

$300 Answer from C4 365 ¼ days

$400 Question from C4 Which inner planet has the largest volcano in the solar system?

$400 Answer from C4 Mars-Olympus Mons

$500 Question from C4 What is Mercury’s revolution?

$500 Answer from C4 88 days

$100 Question from C5 How many planets make-up the inner planets?

$100 Answer from C5 4

$200 Question from C5 What is the biggest star in our solar system that all the planets revolve around?

$200 Answer from C5 The Sun

$300 Question from C5 Which inner planets have moons?

$300 Answer from C5 Earth and Mars

$400 Question from C5 What causes a planet to have a season?

$400 Answer from C5 How the planet tilts on it’s axis causes seasons

$500 Question from C5 Why does Earth have leap year every four years?

$500 Answer from C5 To make up the extra ¼ of a day ever 4 years

Final Jeopardy Please sing the song for the inner planets from “The Family of the Sun.

Final Jeopardy Answer