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    Solar System Jeopardy

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    This document contains explanations of key concepts relating to planets, stars, the universe, the solar system, and movement within the solar system. It addresses topics like the criteria for something to be considered a planet, the characteristics of terrestrial and Jovian planets, what stars are made of and their life cycles, examples of objects in the universe like comets and asteroids, the layout of the solar system, and factors that cause rotation, revolution, seasons, and day/night on Earth. Each section has multiple questions answered in detail to concisely cover important information about these astronomical topics.

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    This document contains explanations of key concepts relating to planets, stars, the universe, the solar system, and movement within the solar system. It addresses topics like the criteria for something to be considered a planet, the characteristics of terrestrial and Jovian planets, what stars are made of and their life cycles, examples of objects in the universe like comets and asteroids, the layout of the solar system, and factors that cause rotation, revolution, seasons, and day/night on Earth. Each section has multiple questions answered in detail to concisely cover important information about these astronomical topics.

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    Solar System Jeopardy

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    This document contains explanations of key concepts relating to planets, stars, the universe, the solar system, and movement within the solar system. It addresses topics like the criteria for something to be considered a planet, the characteristics of terrestrial and Jovian planets, what stars are made of and their life cycles, examples of objects in the universe like comets and asteroids, the layout of the solar system, and factors that cause rotation, revolution, seasons, and day/night on Earth. Each section has multiple questions answered in detail to concisely cover important information about these astronomical topics.

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    Planets

    Stars

    Universe

    Solar
    System

    Moveme
    nt

    Planets: 1 point

    What are the three


    criteria to earn the name
    planet?

    Answer Planets:1
    Orbits a star
    Massive enough for gravity to
    give it a nearly round shape.
    Has cleared the neighborhood
    around its orbit.

    Planets: 2

    Identify each of the eight


    planets as either
    terrestrial or jovian.

    Answer Planets: 2

    Terrestrial: Mercury,
    Venus, Earth, & Mars
    Jovian: Jupiter, Saturn,
    Uranus, & Neptune

    Planets: 3

    What are the


    characteristics of a
    terrestrial planet?

    Answer Planets: 3

    Slow Rotation
    Rocky, Solid Surfaces
    No Rings
    Small w/high density
    Few or no moons
    Nearly circular orbits close to the
    sun

    Planets: 4

    What are the


    characteristics of a
    jovian planet?

    Answer Planets: 4
    Rapid rotation
    Thick gaseous atmospheres with
    liquid interiors
    Rings
    Large w/Low densities
    Many moons
    Nearly circular orbits far from the Sun

    Planets: 5
    What is the largest planet in
    our solar system, 5th from the
    sun, and has a large Red
    Spot where there is an
    ongoing storm?

    Answer Planets: 5

    Jupiter

    Stars: 1
    How would you describe the
    size of our sun compared to
    other stars?

    Answer Stars: 1pt

    Average size

    Stars: 2pt

    98% of the Suns mass


    comes from which
    elements?

    Answer Stars: 2pt


    Hydrogen and Helium

    Stars: 3pt
    What is the source of
    energy for the Sun and
    other stars?

    Answer Stars: 3pt

    Nuclear Fusion

    Stars: 4pt
    The Doppler shift of an object coming
    toward us is called a
    . The
    Doppler shift of an object moving
    away from us is called a
    .

    Answer Stars: 4pt


    Toward us is called a blueshift.
    Away from us is called a redshift.

    Stars: 5pt

    A star like our Sun will


    become a
    ,
    when it reaches the end
    of its life cycle.

    Answer Stars: 5pt

    White dwarf

    Universe: 1pt
    A flash of light caused when a
    particle from space burns up in our
    atmosphere is a
    .

    Answer Universe: 1pt

    Meteor

    Universe: 2pt
    A relatively small, icy object
    that orbits a star is a
    .

    Answer Universe: 2pt


    Comet

    Universe: 3pt
    Any object orbiting another object is
    a
    .

    Answer Universe: 3pt

    Satelite

    Universe: 4pt
    Where is the asteroid belt
    located?

    Answer Universe: 4pt


    Between Mars and Jupiter,
    which is between the
    terrestrial and jovian planets.

    Universe: 5pt
    A theory that best explains the
    beginning of our universe is
    .

    Answer Universe: 5pt

    The Big Bang Theory

    Solar System: 1pt


    What is an Astronomical Unit
    (AU)? How many km=1AU?

    Answer Solar System: 1pt


    The average distance
    between Earth and the Sun,
    which is about 150 million
    km.

    Solar System: 2pt


    Where does our solar
    systems main source of
    energy come from?

    Answer Solar System: 2pt


    The Sun

    Solar System: 3pt


    List the planets in our solar
    system in their order from the
    Sun (closest to farthest
    away).

    Answer Solar System: 3pt


    Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars,
    Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus,
    Neptune

    Solar System: 4pt


    What evidence is there to
    support the Sun being the
    center of our solar system?

    Answer Solar System: 4pt


    Planets orbiting the Sun.
    Correlation between
    weather/climate on planets
    and their distance from the
    Sun.
    Gravity from the Sun causes
    planet rotation.

    Solar System: 5pt


    What characteristics
    disqualify Pluto from being a
    planet?

    Answer Solar System: 5pt


    Size, irregular orbit, and
    surrounding neighborhood
    not cleared of debris.

    Movement: 1pt
    What is the definition of
    rotation?

    Answer Movement: 1pt


    The spinning of an object
    around its axis.

    Movement: 2pt
    What is the definition of a
    revolution?

    Answer Movement:2pt
    The orbital motion of one
    object around another.

    Movement: 3pt
    What causes day and night?

    Answer Movement: 3pt


    Day and night is caused by the
    rotation of the Earth about its
    axis. At any given time, the half
    facing the Sun will be shined
    upon while the other half will
    have no light.

    Movement: 4pt
    What is Earths rotational
    period? What does this
    mean?

    Answer Movement: 4pt


    24 hours
    This means that it takes Earth
    24 hours to make one
    rotation.

    Movement: 5pt
    What causes Earth to have
    seasons?

    Answer Movement: 5pt


    The tilt of Earths axis remains
    pointed in the same direction in space
    throughout the year. As a result, the
    orientation of the axis relative to the
    Sun changes over the course of each
    orbit.
    The Northern Hemisphere is tipped
    toward the Sun in June and away from
    the Sun in December.

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