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Jeopardy Spiral Galaxy Elliptical Galaxy Irregular Galaxy Star Clusters Differences between galaxies Q $100 Q $200 Q $300 Q $400 Q $500 Q $100 Q $200 Q $300 Q $400 Q $500 Final Jeopardy

$100 Question from Spiral Galaxy What is an example of a spiral galaxy

$100 Answer from Spiral Galaxy Milky way

$200 Question from Spiral Galaxy What is the halo

$200 Answer from Spiral Galaxy Glow surrounding the whole structure

$300 Question from Spiral Galaxy What is the disk circling the whole galaxy made out of?

$300 Answer from Spiral Galaxy Gas, dust, and newly formed stars

$400 Question from Spiral Galaxy What does it look like from the side?

$400 Answer from Spiral Galaxy Paper plate with an orange inserted into its centre

$500 Question from Spiral Galaxy What does it look like viewed from above?

$500 Answer from Spiral Galaxy Pinwheel with many “arms” spiraling out from the centre core

$100 Question from Elliptical Galaxy Elliptical galaxies contain some of the _____ _____ in the universe

$100 Answer from Elliptical Galaxy Oldest stars

$200 Question from Elliptical Galaxy What are elliptical galaxies known for being?

$200 Answer from Elliptical Galaxy The largest

$300 Question from Elliptical Galaxy What are two examples of possible shapes of elliptical galaxies

$300 Answer from Elliptical Galaxy Football or a cigar

$400 Question from Elliptical Galaxy How many galaxies are elliptical?

$400 Answer from Elliptical Galaxy Over half

$500 Question from Elliptical Galaxy What are the possible ranges/shapes for elliptical galaxies?

$500 Answer from Elliptical Galaxy From a perfect sphere to a stretched out ellipse

$100 Question from Irregular Galaxy What are the three major types of irregular galaxies?

$100 Answer from Irregular Galaxy Irr-I, Irr-II, Dirr galaxy

$200 Question from Irregular Galaxy Do irregular galaxies make up a quarter of all galaxies?

$200 Answer from Irregular Galaxy Yes.

$300 Question from Irregular Galaxy What were irregular galaxies once known to be?

$300 Answer from Irregular Galaxy Spiral or Elliptical Galaxies

$400 Question from Irregular Galaxy Do irregular galaxies have a regular shape such as spiral arms or an obvious central bulge?

$400 Answer from Irregular Galaxy No.

$500 Question from Irregular Galaxy What are irregular galaxies made out of?

$500 Answer from Irregular Galaxy A mixture of newly forming stars and old stars

$100 Question from Star Clusters What are two types of star clusters?

$100 Answer from Star Clusters Globular and open clusters

$200 Question from Star Clusters What are globular clusters composed of?

$200 Answer from Star Clusters As many as 1 million stars

$300 Question from Star Clusters What is a star cluster?

$300 Answer from Star Clusters A type of distinct formations of stars

$400 Question from Star Clusters What do open clusters contain?

$400 Answer from Star Clusters From a few hundred stars to a few tens of thousands of stars

$500 Question from Star Clusters What holds globular clusters together?

$500 Answer from Star Clusters Their mutual gravity

$100 Question from Differences between galaxies How are elliptical and spiral galaxies different?

$100 Answer from Differences between galaxies Spiral are always the same shape, but elliptical can range in shape

$200 Question from Differences between galaxies What happens the faster a galaxy spins?

$200 Answer from Differences between galaxies The flatter it will become.

$300 Question from Differences between galaxies Name three ways in which galaxies can differ.

$300 Answer from Differences between galaxies Galaxies can differ in size, mass, colour, brightness, and speed of spin

$400 Question from Differences between galaxies Some galaxies grow into supergiants where as others remain relatively small and are classified as _____?

$400 Answer from Differences between galaxies Galaxies that remain relatively small are classified as dwarfs.

$500 Question from Differences between galaxies How can differences of size, mass, colour, brightness, and speed of spin be determined?

$500 Answer from Differences between galaxies It can be determined by the amount of stars, types of stars, and the amount and types of gas and dust making up a galaxy

Final Jeopardy What did Edwin Hubble discover in 1925?

Final Jeopardy Answer The Andromeda Galaxy