Jeopardy – The Solar System Anything in Space The Inner Planets The Outer Planets Earth in Space- the relationships Wild Card

Anything in space for 100 If all planets start their trip around the sun at the same time, which finishes last. Push the Space Bar to check your answer. Neptune

Anything for 200 Another name for a revolution is ___________. Push the Space Bar to check your answer. What is an orbit Push the Space Bar to check your answer.

Anything for 300 One complete revolution of a planet around the sun equals______. Push the Space Bar to check your answer. What is one year on the planet

Anything for 400 One complete rotation of a planet equals________ Push the Space Bar to check your answer. What is a day on that planet?

Anything for 500 Starting at the sun, list the planets in order. Push the Space Bar to check your answer. Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune?

The Inner Planets for 100 We are the four inner planets which are small and have rocky surfaces- what is another name for us? Push the Space Bar to check your answer. What are the terrestrial planets?

The Inner Planets for 200 True or false, the inner planets revolve faster but rotate slower than the outer planets. Push the Space Bar to check your answer. True

The Inner Planets for 300 My axis is tilted and I have seasons just like Earth. Push the Space Bar to check your answer. What is Mars?

The Inner Planets for 400 What separates the inner planets and outer planets. Push the Space Bar to check your answer. What is the asteroid belt?

The Inner Planets for 500. Push the Space Bar to check your answer. 32cm/50AU= x/1Au 1AU=. 64cm You have a piece of paper that is 32 centimeters long. Using what you know about drawing the SS to scale, what is the scale of this model AND how far would the Earth be from the sun on your model. Show work

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

The Outer Planets for 200 I may have a moon with life, they also call me stormy. Push the Space Bar to check your answer. What is Jupiter?

The Outer Planets for 300 True or False- Years are shorter and days are longer than Earth’s on the outer planets. Push the Space Bar to check your answer. False, years are longer, days are shorter than Earth’s

The Outer Planets for 400 Unlike the other planets of the solar system, this planet is tilted so far that it essentially orbits the sun on its side. Push the Space Bar to check your answer. What is Uranus?

The Outer Planets for 500 This area of the solar system is composed of mostly frozen ices and some dwarf planets. Push the Space Bar to check your answer. What is the Kuiper belt

Earth in space for 100 What direction does the Earth revolve around the sun and the moon revolve around the Earth? Push the Space Bar to check your answer. What is counter- clockwise?

Earth in Space for 200 During which eclipse does the moon pass into Earth’s shadow ?. Push the Space Bar to check your answer. What is Lunar eclipse?

Earth in Space for 300. Push the Space Bar to check your answer. Look at board Draw and label a Lunar Eclipse. Show and label umbra and penumbra

Earth in Space for 400 Draw and label a solar eclipse. Draw and label the umbra and penumbra. Push the Space Bar to check your answer. See board

Earth in Space for 500 What are the two things that effect tides. Push the Space Bar to check your answer. What are the sun and moon’s gravitational pulls

Wild Card for 100 The sun is which state of matter? Push the Space Bar to check your answer. What is a plasma

Wild Card for 200 What is an AU? Be specific. Push the Space Bar to check your answer. What is the distance from the sun to Earth and 150,000,000km

Wild Card for 300 What is the angle of the tilt of the Earth? Push the Space Bar to check your answer. 23.5°.

Wild Card for 400 The law of universal gravitation states 3 things-what are they? Push the Space Bar to check your answer. All things in the universe attract each other through gravitational force. The size of the force is dependent on the masses of the objects. The size of the force is dependent on the distance between the objects.

Wild Card for 500 What two things are responsible for the seasons of the Earth? Push the Space Bar to check your answer. What are the orbit and the tilt of the Earth