Transcript Millionaire Solar System

Who Wants to
Be a
Millionaire?
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The Solar
System
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The scientist who first used a
telescope to make discoveries that
supported the heliocentric model
was ________________________
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Galileo
B
Ptolemy
C
Copernicus
D
Brahe
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The flash of light produced when a
meteoroid passes through Earth’s
atmosphere is a(n) _____________
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Meteorite
B
Comet
C
Asteroid
D
Meteor
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The four terrestrial planets all
have ________________________
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Hot
temperatures
C Rocky surfaces
B
Deep
atmospheres
D
Large size
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A stream of particles that extends
outward from the sun’s corona is
called ______________________
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A sunspot
B Chromosphere
C
Solar wind
D
Prominence
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The planet Venus is similar to
Earth in its ____________________
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C
rotation
B
density and
internal structure
atmosphere
D
surface
temperature
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Which of the following is not
included in scientists’ “Goldilocks
conditions” for supporting life?
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Liquid water
B
Appropriate
temperature
C
Favorable
atmosphere
D
Ice
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The ______________ is between
the orbits of Mars and Jupiter
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Oort cloud
B
Kuiper belt
C
Asteroid belt
D
Photosphere
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A(n) ________________________
is a loose collection of ice, dust,
and small rocky particles that
typically has a long, narrow orbit
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asteroid
B
comet
C
planet
D
meteoroid
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_____________ are loops of gas
on the sun that link different parts
of sunspot regions together.
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Solar flares
B
Solar winds
C
Auroras
D
Prominences
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________________ are sometimes
considered a double planet
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Pluto and
Charon
B
Earth and
Venus
C
Jupiter and
Europa
D
Saturn and
Titan
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Kepler used Brahe’s observations
to show that the orbits of the
planets are ___________________
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Round
B
Elliptical
C
Equilateral
D
Radical
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_____________________ are areas
of gas on the sun that are cooler
than the gases around them.
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Prominences
B
Solar flares
C
Solar winds
D
Sunspots
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___________________________
are meteoroids that entered our
atmosphere and hit Earth without
completely burning up.
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Meteorites
C
Comets
B
Asteroids
D Meteor showers
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Scientist believe that Europa, one
of Jupiter’s moons, may have
_______________ beneath its icy
surface that could support life.
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C
Solid water
B
Liquid water
Water vapor
D
Liquid
hydrogen
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Meteoroids usually come from
________________ or asteroids.
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Comets
B
Moons
C
Rockets
D
Clouds
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