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Terrestrial Planets Gas Planets Dwarf Planets Meteors, Meteroids & Other Misc

Terrestrial Planets 100 How many moons does Mercury have? A) one B) none C) three D) two

Terrestrial Planets 200 What does Venus have all over its surface? A) Craters B) Dunes C) Rivers D) Volcanoes

Terrestrial Planets 300 Earth’s rotation is A) direct. B) multidirectional. C) retrograde. D) switching.

Terrestrial Planets 400 What are the names of Mars’ major moons? A) Athens and Deimos B) Carthage and Phobos C) Phobos and Deimos D) Regis and Triton

Terrestrial Planets 500 The main components of Earth’s atmosphere are A) argon, helium, and oxygen. B) helium, hydrogen, and nitrogen. C) hydrogen, nitrogen, and oxygen. D) nitrogen, oxygen, and neon.

Gas Planets 100 What makes Jupiter unique is its big ______ spot. A) blue. B) orange. C) red. D) white.

Gas Planets 200 What is Saturn’s average temperature? A) -212 degrees Celcius. B) -184 degrees Celcius. C) -148 degrees Celcius. D) -132 degrees Celcius.

Gas Planets 300 How many moons does Uranus have? A) 27 moons. B) 38 moons. C) 54 moons. D) 66 moons.

Gas Planets 400 Neptune’s orbit around the Sun is A) 145 years. B) 156 years. C) 165 years. D) 173 years.

Gas Planets 500 Who discovered Saturn? A) Albert Einstein. B) Galileo Galilei. C) Louis Pasteur. D) Djasper Probincrux III.

Dwarf Planets 100 How many dwarf planets are in our solar system? A) 3 B) 4 C) 5 D) 6

Daily Double How many points would you like to wager on today’s DAILY DOUBLE???

Dwarf Planets 200 What type of planet is a dwarf planet? A) gas. B) rock. C) terrestrial. D) water.

Dwarf Planets 300 Who discovered Pluto? A) Michael Brown. B) David Rabinowitz. C) Clyde Tombough. D) Chad Trujillo.

Dwarf Planets 400 How long does it take for Haumea to complete one orbit? A) 285 Earth years. B) 300 Earth years. C) 325 Earth years. D) 336 Earth years.

Dwarf Planets 500 How many moons does Eris have? A) None. B) One. C) Two. D) Three.

Meteors, Meteoroids and Other 100 What was the first new planet to be discovered outside our galaxy? A) HIP12049a. B) HIP13044b. C) Kepler-20e. D) Kepler-20f

Meteors, Meteoroids and Other 200 A body made up of rock, dust, gases, and ice that orbits the Sun is a A) comet. B) meteor. C) meteorite. D) meteoroid.

Meteors, Meteoroids and Other 300 A piece of rock or metal that strikes a planet’s or moon’s surface is a A) meteor. B) Meteor shower. C) meteorite. D) meteoroid.

Meteors, Meteoroids and Other 400 How far is the International Space Station from Earth? A) 282 kilometers B) 354 kilometers C) 421 kilometers D) 473 kilometers

Meteors, Meteoroids and Other 500 The point in a planet’s orbit when it is the closest to the Sun is A) aphelion. B) gravity. C) maria. D) perihelion.

Miscellaneous 100 Who discovered Jupiter? A) The Anciencts. B) Galileo Galilei. C) Giuseppe Piazzi. D) Clyde Tombaugh.

Miscellaneous 200 Earth’s gravity is A) 7.89 m/s². B) 8.79 m/s². C) 9.78 m/s². D) 9.89 m/s².

Miscellaneous 300 How many moons does Venus have? A) None. B) One. C) Two. D) Three.

Miscellaneous 400 What do astronomers think happened to Uranus that made it have such a large tilt? A) it was created that way. B) it was hit by a large mass. C) it was hit by another planet. D) it suddenly turned on its side and stayed that way.

Miscellaneous 500 What is a planet from outside our solar system called? A) alterplanet B) astroplanet C) exoplanet D) outer planet

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Final Jeopardy How much has the International Space Station cost until now? A) 1.5 trillion US dollars B) 1.5 billion US dollars C) 150 billion US dollars D) 150 million US dollars

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Final Jeopardy How many new planets have been discovered? A) 1,850 B) 1,800 C) 1,500 D) 1,080 Also study, surface gravity of Mercury, Neptune # largest, hot star, death star, Sun size.