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THIS IS With Your Host... INNER PLANETS OUTER PLANETS AWESOME SATELLITES ASTRONOMY HODGE-PODGE 100 100 100 100 100 200 200 200 200 200 300 300 300 300 300 400 400 400 400 400 500 500 500 500 500 ASTRONOMERS INNER PLANETS 100 To which of the 2 main groups of planets does Earth belong? INNER PLANETS 100 terrestrial INNER PLANETS 200 Describe the characteristics of the inner planets in 3 words INNER PLANETS 200 small dense rocky INNER PLANETS 300 What is the most important factor that that makes life on Earth possible? INNER PLANETS 300 Liquid water INNER PLANETS 400 Which of the inner planets has the highest surface temperature? WHY?! INNER PLANETS 400 Venus It’s thick atmosphere has a greenhouse effect INNER PLANETS 500 What evidence suggests that Mars once had a warmer climate? INNER PLANETS 500 Dry riverbeds OUTER PLANETS 100 Name the outer planets in order from the asteroid belt to the end of our solar system OUTER PLANETS 100 Jupiter Saturn Uranus Neptune Pluto OUTER PLANETS 200 What is the great RED spot and on which planet would you find it? OUTER PLANETS 200 It’s a storm similar to a hurricane on Jupiter OUTER PLANETS 300 Why are some of the outer planets greenish-bluish? OUTER PLANETS 300 Atmosphere of hydrogen and methane OUTER PLANETS 400 Which of the outer planets has the shortest period of revolution? OUTER PLANETS 400 Jupiter has the shortest year out of the outer planets OUTER PLANETS 500 What is the composition of the outer planets’ rings? OUTER PLANETS 500 Gas, dust, and ice ASTRONOMERS 100 What are the three major types of galaxies identified by Edwin Hubble? ASTRONOMERS 100 Spiral Elliptical Irregular ASTRONOMERS 200 What scientist thought Earth was at the center of the universe? ASTRONOMERS 200 Claudius Ptolemy ASTRONOMERS 300 What scientist thought the sun was at the center of the universe? ASTRONOMERS 300 Nicolaus Copernicus DAILY DOUBLE 800 POINTS ASTRONOMERS DAILY DOUBLE What contribution did Tycho Brahe and Johannes Kepler bring to astronomy? ASTRONOMERS DAILY DOUBLE Brahe: Kept super accurate data of objects moving in the sky Kepler: Took Brahe’s data and used it to create an accurate description of the solar system ASTRONOMERS 500 Who created the first telescope that is able to take pictures of galaxies? ASTRONOMERS 500 Edwin Hubble SATELLITES 100 Why don’t solar and lunar eclipses happen every month? SATELLITES 100 The moon’s orbit is tilted SATELLITES 200 What causes the phases of the moon? SATELLITES 200 The positions of the moon, Earth, and the sun SATELLITES 300 Where would you find a Meteor? Meteoroid? Meteorite? SATELLITES 300 Meteor: Mesosphere Meteoroid: Orbiting Earth Meteorite: On Earth’s surface SATELLITES 400 Why do planets or moons with atmospheres have fewer impacts? SATELLITES 400 The air slows and burns up the objects SATELLITES 500 Why does the amount of moons for each of the planets change so often? SATELLITES 500 Technology allows us to see more! HODGE-PODGE 100 What type of galaxy is the Milky Way? HODGE-PODGE 100 Spiral HODGE-PODGE 200 How do the inner planets differ from the outer planets in terms of distance? HODGE-PODGE 200 They are closer together HODGE-PODGE 300 What does AU mean? How many miles does it represent? HODGE-PODGE 300 Astronomical Unit 93,000,000 miles HODGE-PODGE 400 Name all of the planets that have moons HODGE-PODGE 400 All but Mercury and Venus HODGE-PODGE 500 Name all of the planets in order from shortest year to longest year HODGE-PODGE 500 Mercury Venus Earth Mars Jupiter Saturn Uranus Neptune Pluto The Final Jeopardy Category is: Something that might be on your test tomorrow! Please record your wager UP TO 1000 points What is happening in the diagram? Solar eclipse Thank You for Playing Jeopardy! Game Designed By C. Harr-MAIT