Astronomy Jeopardy! Planetary and Solar System Multiple Choice Extragalactic and Cosmology Stars and Constellations Identify this Pictured Object

Planetary and Solar System – 10 points Which planet is closest to the Sun?

Planetary and Solar System – 20 points What is the name of Saturn's largest moon?

Planetary and Solar System – 30 points What element was discovered on the Sun before it was discovered on Earth?

Planetary and Solar System – 40 points From what hypothetical region are comets believed to come?

Planetary and Solar System – 50 points What is the name of the largest gap in Saturn's rings?

Multiple Choice – 10 points The planets make up what percentage of the mass in our solar system? A: % B: % C: 1.35 % D: 13.5 %

Multiple Choice – 20 points The three main parts of a comet are the nucleus, the tail, and the _____? A: Zenith B: Umbra C: Radiant D: Coma

Multiple Choice –30 points What is the term for the condition when three celestial bodies are arranged in a straight line? A: Occultation B: Parallax C: Syzygy D: Triple Transit

Multiple Choice – 40 points What year boasted the first woman in space? A: 1963 B: 1968 C: 1973 D: 1983

Multiple Choice – 50 points There are many theories about the birth of our solar system. Which theory involves a passing star pulling dust and debris from the forming sun? A: Nebular Hypothesis B: Tidal Theory C: Collision Theory D: Protoplanet Hypothesis

What effect led Edwin Hubble to discover the expansion of the Universe? A. Microwave Background B. Anisotropy C. Redshift Extragalactic – 30 points

When a neutron star and a black hole orbit each other, the gases sucked off of the neutron star cause what kind of disk around the black hole before disappearing into it? A. Chandrasekhar Disk B. Double Disk C. Funnel Disk D. Accretion Disk Extragalactic – 40 points

In what kind of interstellar medium does star formation take place? Extragalactic – 50 points

Extragalactic – 20 points Which American astronomer first described a subset of spiral galaxies characterized by one bright central region containing strong, broad emission lines in 1944?

Extragalactic – 10 points What is the name of the large spiral galaxy in our local group that was recently discovered to be smaller then the Milky Way?

Which star is closest to the Sun? Stars and Constellations – 10 points

What star is nicknamed The Dog Star? Stars and Constellations – 20 points

Stars and Constellations – 30 points What is this type of diagram called and what is the part where the Sun is located called?

Stars and Constellations – 40 points How many constellations are there?

What does the constellation of Puppis represent? Stars and Constellations – 50 points

Identify this Pictured Object – 10 points

Identify this Pictured Object – 20 points

Identify this Pictured Object – 30 points In general, what could this object be?

Identify this Pictured Object – 40 points

Identify this Pictured Object – 50 points