1. Jeopardy Final Jeopardy Universe Planets Space Rocks More Planets
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2. 1 - $100 Which is the smallest: Galaxy, solar system, universe, star
What is a star?

3. 1 - $200 Location of our solar system
What is on the edge of the Milky Way Galaxy?

4. 1 - $300 The most widely accepted theory of how the Universe began.
What is the Big Bang?

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The heliocentric theory was unpopular when it was first proposed because it stated that the Sun was …
What is the center of the solar system

6. 1 - $500 What force determines Earth’s path around the Sun?
What is gravity or gravitational force.

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What is the feature that most likely affects a planets ability to support life?
What is the presence of water on the planet.

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This planet takes the longest to orbit the Sun because it is the farthest from the Sun.
What is Neptune?

9. 2 - $300 What are the Gas Giants, Jovian Planets and Outer Planets?
Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune

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Which planets are the Terrestrial planets, Inner planets or Rocky planets?
What are Mercury, Venus, Earth and Mars?

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Earth is like other planets in our Solar System. How is it different from all of them?
Earth has lots of water.

12. 3 - $100 The asteroid belt is located between which two planets?
What is between Mars and Jupiter.

13. 3 - $200 Why do asteroids burn up as they enter Earth’s atmosphere?
What is heat caused by friction between the asteroid and the atmosphere.

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These rocks make it through the atmosphere and forms a crater when it hits a planet.
What is a meteorite?

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What is sometimes called a “dirty snowball” because it is mainly ice and dust.
What is a comet?

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What is a meteor that stays up in space?
What is a meteoroid?

17. 4 - $100 The asteroid belt is between which two planets?
What is Mars and Jupiter.

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Which model explains the motions of the planets more accurately and why?
What is Heliocentric – Sun is at the center

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The viewpoint with the Earth at the center of the Solar System.
What is Geocentric

20. 4 - $400 How does gravity keep planets in orbit around the Sun?
What is the gravitational pull of the Sun keeps it in orbit

21. 4 - $500 How does inertia keep planets in orbit around the Sun?
Inertia is the resistance to change – inertia works with gravity to keep the planets in orbit around the Sun.

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Two things that affect gravity.
What are mass and distance?

23. 5 - $200 Name a planet that is not a terrestrial planet:
What is Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune

24. 5 - $300 What does the Big Bang Theory explain?
What is the universe beginnings and that is continues to expand today.

25. 5 - $400 What planets are larger then Earth?
What is Jupiter, Neptune, Saturn and Uranus

26. 5 - $500 Distances between stars are measured in this.
What are light years?

27. Final Jeopardy
The Big Bang Theory hypothesizes that the universe began how many years ago?.
What is around 14 Billion years ago