Science Jeopardy Inner Planets Outer Planets Space objects Solar system Miscellaneous 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 Final Jeopardy

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Inner Planets 100 ANSWER: This process occurs when molten rock moves from a planets interior to it’s surface. QUESTION: What is volcanism?

Inner Planets 200 ANSWER: These are the processes of material being moved by wind on any of the terrestrial planets. QUESTION: What are weathering and erosion?

Inner Planets 300 ANSWER: This is how cliffs were formed on Mercury. QUESTION: What is tectonics?

The Inner Planets 400 ANSWER: This covers much of the southern hemisphere of Mars. QUESTION: What are impact craters?

The Inner Planets 500 ANSWER: These are the inner planets in order by mass from greatest to least. QUESTION: What is Earth, Venus, Mars, Mercury?

The Outer Planets 100 ANSWER: This is what causes Jupiter's fast winds and stormy weather. QUESTION: What is it’s rotation speed?

The Outer Planets 200 ANSWER: This is something all of the outer planets have around their equators. QUESTION: What are ring systems?

The Outer Planets 300 ANSWER: These are the two gases that make up the majority of the outer planets’ atmospheres. QUESTION: What are helium and hydrogen?

The Outer Planets 400 ANSWER: This is what causes the different colored bands on the outer planets. QUESTION: What is wind storms?

The Outer Planets 500 ANSWER: These are three ways that gas giants are different from the terrestrial planets. QUESTION: What are they Have no solid surface Have more mass Have a larger diameter Are made of gases Orbit in the OUTER solar system Have rings?

Space Objects 100 ANSWER: This is why Pluto is no longer considered a planet. QUESTION: What is it does not dominate it’s solar neighborhood?

Space Objects 200 ANSWER: This is how many of the giant planets have moon systems. QUESTION: What is all?

Space Objects 300 ANSWER: These objects are small solid, rocky bodies that orbit close to the sun. QUESTION: What are asteroids ?

Space Objects 400 ANSWER: This is the difference between a meteor and meteorite. QUESTION: What is a meteorite reaches the Earth’s surface ?

Space Objects 500 ANSWER: This is the reason why the tail always faces away from the sun on a comet QUESTION: What is the sun’s radiation pushes the comet’s material away?

Solar System 100 ANSWER: This is what the average distance between the earth and the sun is called. QUESTION: What is an Astronomical Unit? ( AU)

Solar System 200 ANSWER: The shape of a planet’s orbit. QUESTION: What is an ellipse?

Solar System 300 ANSWER: This is the cloud of gas and dust that the solar system formed from. QUESTION: What is a nebula?

Solar System 400 ANSWER: This is what is similar about the planets’ orbits and many other motions of the solar system. QUESTION: What is they are all counter-clockwise?

Solar System 500 ANSWER: This is the planets in our solar system listed from the farthest from the sun to the closest. QUESTION: What is Neptune, Uranus, Saturn, Jupiter, Mars, Earth, Venus, Mercury?

Miscellaneous: 100 ANSWER: The feature of Jupiter shown in the picture . QUESTION: What is the great red spot/storm?

Miscellaneous: 200 ANSWER: This is the color of Pluto’s orbit in the diagram. QUESTION: What is red?

Miscellaneous: 300 ANSWER: This is the space object shown in the picture. QUESTION: What is an asteroid?

B A Miscellaneous: 400 ANSWER: This is what letter A is composed of. QUESTION: What is water ice chunks? B A

Miscellaneous: 500 ANSWER: The letter of the process that creates mountains, valleys, and cliffs on terrestrial planets. QUESTION: What is letter A? C D A B

Final Jeopardy ANSWER: These are the names of Jupiter’s four largest moons and the largest moon of the four. QUESTION: What are Io, Europa, Ganymede, and Callisto?

Final Jeopardy ANSWER: These are the names of Jupiter’s four largest moons and the smallest moon of the four. QUESTION: What are Io, Europa, Ganymede, and Callisto?

Final Jeopardy ANSWER: The planet(s) in the solar system that lack moons. QUESTION: What are Mercury and Venus?