Jeopardy – The Solar System The Sun The Inner Planets The Outer Planets Comets, Asteroids and Meteors Wild Card 100 100 100 100 100 200 200 200 200 200 300 300 300 300 300 400 400 400 400 400 500 500 500 500 500

How the sun’s energy is produced. The Sun for 100 How the sun’s energy is produced. What is nuclear fusion? Push the Space Bar to check your answer.

The Sun for 200 What are solar winds? Electrically charged particles stream out from the corona. What are solar winds? Push the Space Bar to check your answer. Push the Space Bar to check your answer.

The Sun for 300 Cool, dark areas of the sun. What are sunspots? Push the Space Bar to check your answer.

The Sun for 400 Reddish loops of gas that connect sunspots. What are prominences? Push the Space Bar to check your answer.

What is during a total eclipse? The Sun for 500 When I can see the corona. What is during a total eclipse? Push the Space Bar to check your answer.

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

The Inner Planets for 200 My day is longer than my year. What is Venus? Push the Space Bar to check your answer.

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

The Inner Planets for 400 I have the greatest temperature range. What is Mercury? Push the Space Bar to check your answer.

What is the greenhouse effect? The Inner Planets for 500 This effect causes the earth to get hotter and hotter. What is the greenhouse effect? Push the Space Bar to check your answer.

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

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

The Outer Planets for 300 I don’t belong here, I should belong with the inner four. What is Pluto? Push the Space Bar to check your answer.

The Outer Planets for 400 I am the farthest planet in the solar system. What is Neptune? Push the Space Bar to check your answer.

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

Comets, Asteroids, and Meteors for 100 Some call me a dirty snowball. What is a comet? Push the Space Bar to check your answer.

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

Comets, Asteroids, and Meteors for 300 I swing by about every 76 years. What is Halley’s Comet? Push the Space Bar to check your answer.

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

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

What is a geocentric model? Wild Card for 100 Mother Earth as the center all. What is a geocentric model? Push the Space Bar to check your answer.

What are the Goldilocks Conditions Wild Card for 200 These allow life to survive on Earth. What are the Goldilocks Conditions Push the Space Bar to check your answer.

What is the heliocentric model. Wild Card for 300 The sun is the center of it all. What is the heliocentric model. Push the Space Bar to check your answer.

Who was Johannes Kepler Wild Card for 400 I discovered the circles were ellipses. Who was Johannes Kepler Push the Space Bar to check your answer.

Wild Card for 500 My sunspots cycle around me every this many years. What is every 10-11 years Push the Space Bar to check your answer.