Transcript Space Jeopardy

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The Sun
Stars and
Galaxies
Solar
System
Grab Bag
Planets
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These are a cooler, dark
areas on the sun’s surface
Sunspots
The sun appears to be the
brightest star in the sky
because it is the _________
to the earth.
Closest
Solar fusion appears in the
___________ of the sun.
Core
From the sun’s yellow color,
you can infer that it is of
average __________
Temperature
The Hertzsprung-Russel
diagram shows the sun is this
G5 star
This is the galaxy that
contains earth
Milky Way
These are the colors of the
hottest and coldest stars
Hottest: bluish-white
Coldest: red
A stars brightness is related
to its distance and its
________
Temperature
The three types of galaxies
include what?
Spiral, Elliptical,
and Irregular
The amount of light received
on earth from a star
Apparent Brightness
Earth-like planets are known
as what?
Terrestrial Planets
Large chuck of ice, dust,
gasses, and rock that orbit
the sun
Comet
A body of matter that travels
around the sun
Planet
The larger planets in the
solar system are composed
primarily of what?
Gasses
Name the nine planets in
order from the sun starting
with the closest to the sun
Mercury, Venus, Earth,
Mars, Jupiter, Saturn,
Uranus, Neptune, Pluto
Distances in space are
measured in what?
Light Years
Solar energy is produced in
what process?
Fusion
This is known as the birth
place of a comet
Oort Cloud
He was the first scientist to
hypothesize that planets orbit
the sun
Copernicus
To what do some scientist
accredit global warming?
Greenhouse Effect
This planet is known as
Earth’s “twin” or “sister”
planet
Venus
The “Red Planet”
Mars
This is the second largest
and lightest planet in the
solar system
Saturn
What is Jupiter’s “Great Red
Spot?”
A Storm
What is the name of Pluto’s
moon?
Charon
What is the term used to
Astronomical
Unit
describe
the distance
from
Distances
the sun
to
the
earth?
(1 AU)
(93,000,000 miles)