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INNER PLANETS OUTER PLANETS AWESOME ASTRONOMERS SATELLITES ASTRONOMY HODGE-PODGE
INNER PLANETS 100 To which of the 2 main groups of planets does Earth belong?
terrestrial INNER PLANETS 100
INNER PLANETS 200 Describe the characteristics of the inner planets in 3 words
INNER PLANETS 200 small dense rocky
What is the most important factor that that makes life on Earth possible? INNER PLANETS 300
Liquid water INNER PLANETS 300
Which of the inner planets has the highest surface temperature? WHY?! INNER PLANETS 400
Venus It’s thick atmosphere has a greenhouse effect INNER PLANETS 400
INNER PLANETS 500 What evidence suggests that Mars once had a warmer climate?
INNER PLANETS 500 Dry riverbeds
Name the outer planets in order from the asteroid belt to the end of our solar system OUTER PLANETS 100
Jupiter Saturn Uranus Neptune Pluto OUTER PLANETS 100
What is the great RED spot and on which planet would you find it? OUTER PLANETS 200
It’s a storm similar to a hurricane on Jupiter OUTER PLANETS 200
Why are some of the outer planets greenish-bluish? OUTER PLANETS 300
Atmosphere of hydrogen and methane OUTER PLANETS 300
Which of the outer planets has the shortest period of revolution? OUTER PLANETS 400
Jupiter has the shortest year out of the outer planets OUTER PLANETS 400
What is the composition of the outer planets’ rings? OUTER PLANETS 500
Gas, dust, and ice OUTER PLANETS 500
ASTRONOMERS 100 What are the three major types of galaxies identified by Edwin Hubble?
Spiral Elliptical Irregular ASTRONOMERS 100
ASTRONOMERS 200 What scientist thought Earth was at the center of the universe?
Claudius Ptolemy ASTRONOMERS 200
ASTRONOMERS 300 What scientist thought the sun was at the center of the universe?
Nicolaus Copernicus ASTRONOMERS 300
DAILY DOUBLE 800 POINTS
ASTRONOMERS DAILY DOUBLE What contribution did Tycho Brahe and Johannes Kepler bring to astronomy?
Brahe: Kept super accurate data of objects moving in the sky Kepler: Took Brahe’s data and used it to create an accurate description of the solar system ASTRONOMERS DAILY DOUBLE
Who created the first telescope that is able to take pictures of galaxies? ASTRONOMERS 500
Edwin Hubble ASTRONOMERS 500
Why don’t solar and lunar eclipses happen every month? SATELLITES 100
The moon’s orbit is tilted
What causes the phases of the moon? SATELLITES 200
The positions of the moon, Earth, and the sun
Where would you find a Meteor? Meteoroid? Meteorite? SATELLITES 300
Meteor: Mesosphere Meteoroid: Orbiting Earth Meteorite: On Earth’s surface
SATELLITES 400 Why do planets or moons with atmospheres have fewer impacts?
The air slows and burns up the objects SATELLITES 400
Why does the amount of moons for each of the planets change so often? SATELLITES 500
Technology allows us to see more!
What type of galaxy is the Milky Way? HODGE-PODGE 100
Spiral
How do the inner planets differ from the outer planets in terms of distance? HODGE-PODGE 200
They are closer together HODGE-PODGE 200
HODGE-PODGE 300 What does AU mean? How many miles does it represent?
HODGE-PODGE 300 Astronomical Unit 93,000,000 miles
Name all of the planets that have moons HODGE-PODGE 400
All but Mercury and Venus
HODGE-PODGE 500 Name all of the planets in order from shortest year to longest year
HODGE-PODGE 500 Mercury Venus Earth Mars Jupiter Saturn Uranus Neptune Pluto
The Final Jeopardy Category is: Something that might be on your test tomorrow! Please record your wager UP TO 1000 points
What is happening in the diagram?
Solar eclipse
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