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Introduction Planets Moon Movement Other Objects
Final Jeopardy
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Introduction-100
• ANSWER: What is the largest planet in our solar system?• QUESTION: What is Jupiter?
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Introduction -200
• ANSWER: Why are the inner planets called terrestrial planets?
• QUESTION: What is they resemble Earth and are dense and rocky?
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Introduction -300
• ANSWER: An astronomical unit (AU) is the average distance between
• QUESTION: What is the Earth and the sun?
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Introduction -400
• ANSWER: This planet had a storm system called the Great Dark Spot.
• QUESTION: What is Neptune?
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Introduction - 500
• ANSWER: Describe the characteristics that make Earth suitable for life as compared with its nearest neighbors in space, Mars and Venus.
• QUESTION: What are the presence of water, oxygen, and suitable temperatures?
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Planets-100
• ANSWER: To which of the two main groups of planets does Earth belong?
• QUESTION: What is inner planets?
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Planets-200
• ANSWER: How do the inner planets orbits differ from the outer planets?
• QUESTION: What is their orbits are closer together?
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Planets-300
• ANSWER: Which is the next planet moving outward from the sun after Saturn?
• QUESTION: What is Uranus?
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Planets-400
• ANSWER: What causes a high surface temperature on Venus?
• QUESTION: What is its thick atmosphere?
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Planets-500
• ANSWER: Why is Venus sometimes called Earth’s twin?
• QUESTION: What is it’s about the same size and density?
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Moon -100
• ANSWER: What causes the phases of the moon?
• QUESTION: What are the positions of the Earth, moon, and sun?
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Moon -200
• ANSWER: What evidence supports the current theory about our moon’s origin?
• QUESTION: What is the rocks on the moon are similar to Earth’s mantle?
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Moon-300
• ANSWER: Why do we always see the same side of the moon from Earth? QUESTION: What is the moon’s period of rotation equals its period of revolution?
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Moon -400
• ANSWER: Why don’t solar and lunar eclipses occur every month?
• QUESTION: What is the moon’s orbit is tilted?
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Moon -500
• ANSWER: What happens during a total solar eclipse?
• QUESTION: What is the moon covers the sun and casts a shadow on the Earth?
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Movement-100
• ANSWER: What instrument made possible the discovery of additional planets?
• QUESTION: What is the telescope?
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Movement-200
• ANSWER: A common method for scientists use to measure distances within the solar system is __________?
• QUESTION: What is the astronomical unit or AU?
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Movement-300
• ANSWER: The counterclockwise spin of a planet or moon as seen from above the planet’s North Pole is ________________________ rotation.
• QUESTION: What is prograde?
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Movement-400
• ANSWER: The clockwise spin of a planet or moon as seen from above the planet’s North Pole is ________________________ rotation.
• QUESTION: What is retrograde?
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Movement-500
• ANSWER: Name the two planets that have retrograde rotation.
• QUESTION: What are Venus and Uranus?
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Other Objects-100
• ANSWER: Most asteroids in our solar system are found between the planets of ____________________ and ____________________.
• QUESTION: Mars and Jupiter
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Other Objects-200
• ANSWER: Natural or artificial bodies that orbit larger celestial bodies such as planets are called ____________________.
• QUESTION: What are satellites?
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Other Objects-300
• ANSWER: Some scientists refer to ____________________ as “dirty snowballs” because they are composed of ice, rock, and cosmic dust.
• QUESTION: What are comets?
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Other Objects-400
• ANSWER: Small, rocky bodies that revolve around the sun are called ____________________.
• QUESTION: What are asteroids?
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Other Objects-500
• ANSWER: What is the Torino scale?
• QUESTION: What is a system used to rate the hazard level of an object moving toward Earth?
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FINAL JEOPARDY
• ANSWER: List the phases of the moon in order, starting with new moon.
• QUESTION: What is new moon, waxing crescent, first quarter, waxing gibbous, full moon, waning gibbous, third quarter, waning crescent