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3. Don’t Forget... Contestants

4. …Always phrase your answers in the form of a question!

5. 1000 200 400 600 200 600 400 600 400 200 400 1000 600 400 200 800 Debris Terrestrial Planets Rings and Moons Earth and Sky Astronomical Instruments Final Jeopardy

6. The direction a comet’s tail points. Debris for $200

7. What is away from the Sun? Back to Game

8. The cause of a meteor shower. Debris for $400

9. What is flying through debris from a comet? Back to Game

11. This area beyond Neptune is the probable source of short- period comets Debris for $600

12. Back to Game What is the Kuiper Belt?

13. These asteroids share the same orbit as Jupiter. Debris for $800

14. What are the Trojan Asteroids? Good Answer! Back to Game

15. The asteroid the NEAR spacecraft orbited and landed on. Debris for $1000

16. Back to Game What is Eros?

17. The largest volcano in the solar system. Terrestrial Planets for $200

18. What is Olympus Mons? Back to Game

19. A bulging, circular feature on Venus, caused by rising magma that didn’t break the surface. Terrestrial Planets for $400

20. What is a corona? Back to Game

21. Terrestrial Planets for $600 A geological feature on Mars believed to be caused by running liquid water.

22. What are run-off channels, gullies or outflows? Back to Game

23. The clouds of Venus are composed of this. Terrestrial Planets for $800

24. What is sulfuric acid? Back to Game

25. Terrestrial Planets for $1000 The terrestrial planet with the lowest average density.

26. What is Mars? Back to Game

27. The primary advantage of the Hubble Telescope. Astronomical Instruments for $200

28. What is it is above the Earth’s atmosphere Back to Game

29. This instrument analyzes the colors of light absorbed and emitted by atoms. Astronomical Instruments for $400

30. What is a spectroscope. Back to Game

31. Astronomical Instruments for $600 This instrument uses a silicon chip sensitive to light.

32. What is a CCD? Back to Game

33. Astronomical Instruments for $800 A method of linking multiple telescopes for improved resolution.

34. What is interferometry? Back to Game

35. Astronomical Instruments for $1000 The largest one of this type of telescope has only a 40 inch aperture.

36. What is a refracting telescope? Back to Game

37. Rings and Moons for $200 The moon with liquid water beneath its crust.

38. What is Europa? Back to Game

39. Rings and Moons for $400 The moon with a thick atmosphere

40. What is Titan? Back to Game

41. Rings and Moons for $600 The moon that Pluto might resemble.

42. What is Triton? Back to Game

43. Ring and Moons for $800 The composition of the Neptune’s ring particles.

44. What is dust and rock. Back to Game

45. Rings and Moons for $1000 These satellites keep Saturn’s F Ring in place.

46. What are shepherding satellites (Pandora and Prometheus). Back to Game

47. Earth and Sky for $200 An absolute means of specifying a star’s location on the celestial sphere.

48. What are right ascension and declination. Back to Game

49. Earth and Sky for $400 The phase of the moon during a solar eclipse.

50. What is new moon? Back to Game

51. Earth and Sky for $600 The place on Earth where Polaris is at your zenith.

52. What is the north pole? Back to Game

54. Earth and Sky for $800 The time of the year when the ecliptic crosses the equator.

55. What is the equinox? Back to Game

56. Earth and Sky for $1000 The time of day when the first quarter moon rises.

57. What is noon? Back to Game

58. Final Jeopardy! Spacecraft

59. This spacecraft, which recently arrived at Mars, has the most powerful camera ever sent to another world.

60. What is the Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter.