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Solar System Jeopardy Inner Planets Outer Planets Other Space Objects
Telescopes Mixed Q $100 Q $100 Q $100 Q $100 Q $100 Q $200 Q $200 Q $200 Q $200 Q $200 Q $300 Q $300 Q $300 Q $300 Q $300 Q $400 Q $400 Q $400 Q $400 Q $400 Q $500 Q $500 Q $500 Q $500 Q $500 Final Jeopardy
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$100 Question A _____ telescope uses a curved mirror to
Concentrate light from objects in space. Reflecting Refracting
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$100 Answer a. reflecting
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$200 Question What can light from distant stars
Tell astronomers about the universe? a.The way stars rotate b.The way stars produce energy c.The way stars looked long ago
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$200 Answer c.The way stars looked long ago
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$300 Question In which location would an optical
Telescope work best for viewing space? Under the ocean on top of a mountain in space orbiting Earth
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$300 Answer c. in space orbiting Earth
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$400 Question Which space telescope detects visible
Light from objects in space and Needed to be fixed in space due to a scratch on a lens? Hubble Spitzer
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$400 Answer a. Hubble
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$500 Question Which type of telescope is useful for detecting
a star that emits very long electromagnetic Waves and they can be found in deserts? Radio Optical X-ray
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$500 Answer Radio
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$100 Question All inner planets Have at least one moon
Have a thick atmosphere Are rocky and have a solid outer layer
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$100 Answer c. Are rocky and have a solid outer layer
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$200 Question Because Mercury’s mass is so small, it Does not rotate
Has no atmosphere Has a surface that is not solid
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$200 Answer b. Has no atmosphere
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$300 Question Why is Venus the hottest inner planet?
It is covered with liquid water It is the closest planet to the Sun Its atmosphere traps a lot of the heat
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$300 Answer c. Its atmosphere traps a lot of the heat
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$400 Question Earth is the only planet with a wide
Variety of life because of its Size and shape Closeness to the Sun Moderate temperature and liquid water
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$400 Answer c. Moderate temperature and liquid water
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$500 Question Why do scientists think that liquid water
Might have once existed on Mars? Mar’s surface has deep gullies/ditches The southern half of Mars is covered With craters c. The largest known mountain in our Solar System is on Mars
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$500 Answer a. Mar’s surface has deep gullies/ditches
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$100 Question All the outer planets are made mostly of Water ice
Metal and rock Gas and liquid around a solid core
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$100 Answer c. Gas and liquid around a solid core
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$200 Question Which planet is the largest? Jupiter Saturn Neptune
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$200 Answer a. Jupiter
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$300 Question Which planet has a sideways axis of rotation? Jupiter
Neptune Uranus
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$300 Answer c. Uranus
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$400 Question Which is the sister planet of Uranus
Because it has a similar size, composition, And structure? Saturn Jupiter Neptune
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$400 Answer c. Neptune
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$500 Question This planet has the Great Red Spot, a huge
Storm that has lasted for hundreds of years And has at least 63 Moons? Jupiter Saturn Neptune
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$500 Answer a. Jupiter
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$100 Question A spherical object orbiting the Sun that has
Objects of similar mass orbiting nearby or Crossing its path is a Comet Planet Dwarf planet
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$100 Answer c. Dwarf planet
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$200 Question Which object lost its designation as a planet in
2006 and now is classified as a dwarf planet? Eris Pluto Ceres
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$200 Answer b. Pluto
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$300 Question Comets from a glowing tail when
They cross the path of a glowing Meteoroid b. They are at the farthest point in their Orbit around the Sun c. The Sun’s energy changes the ice into A gas and makes it glow
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$300 Answer c. The Sun’s energy changes the ice into
A gas and makes it glow
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$400 Question An impact crater formed a depression when
A meteorite hits Earth such as the one That hit Arizona a millions of years ago? True False
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$400 Answer B. False
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$500 Question A streak of light made by a glowing
Rocky particle moving through the Atmosphere is a meteoroid. True False
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$500 Answer b. False
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$100 Question Which shape describes a planet’s orbit? Circular
Elliptical Straight line
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$100 Answer b. elliptical
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$200 Question An astronomical unit is the average Distance
From Earth to Mars From Earth to the Sun From Earth to the Moon
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$200 Answer b. From Earth to the Sun
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$300 Question What are irregular shaped rocks
That form a belt just beyond Mars? Asteroid Meteors comets
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$300 Answer a. asteroid
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$400 Question A _____ uses convex lens to gather and
Concentrate light from objects in space. Reflecting telescope Refracting telescope
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$400 Answer b. Refracting telescope
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$500 Question What waves of the electromagnetic spectrum
Have the highest amount of energy? Gamma rays X-rays Radio waves
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$500 Answer a. Gamma rays
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Final Jeopardy At the farthest point in its orbit, Venus is about
258,000,000 km away from Earth. Express in Scientific notation.
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Final Jeopardy Answer 2.58 x 10^8
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