1. Stars, Sun, Asteroids, Comets, Meteors Jeopardy Review

2. Stars Hodge Podge The Sun Vocab Stars 10 10 10 10 10 20 20 20 20 20 30
Comets
Asteroids
Meteors
The Sun
Vocab
Stars 10 10 10 10 10 20 20 20 20 20 30 30 30 30 30 40 40 40 40 40 50 50 50 50 50

3. All stars begin their lives as parts of this.
Stars 10 Points
All stars begin their lives as parts of this.
What is a nebula?

4. A star is born when this starts.
Stars 20
A star is born when this starts.
What is nuclear fusion?

5. The lifetime of a star depends on this.
Stars 30
The lifetime of a star depends on this.
What is mass or size?

6. Stars 40
When small or medium stars begin to run out of fuel, they first become this.
What is a red giant ?

7. What are massive stars? Black holes form from this type of star

8. The Sun 10
When compared to gases around them on the surface of the sun, sunspots are what
What is darker/cooler?

9. What is the photosphere?
The Sun 20
The part of the sun we see from earth.
What is the photosphere?

10. The Sun 30
These are glowing loops of hydrogen and helium that connect sunspots.
What are prominences?

11. The Sun 40
There is enough fuel left to keep the sun burning for this many years.
What is 5 billion?

12. The Sun 50
This solar feature can increase the solar wind, sometimes causing electrical problems on Earth.
What are solar flares?

13. Vocab 10
The earliest stage of a star’s life.
What is a protostar?

14. Vocab 20
Term for an exploding star
What is a supernova?

15. The true brightness of a star.
Vocab 30
The true brightness of a star.
What is absolute brightness.

16. What is a planetary nebula?
Vocab 40
A glowing cloud of gas formed from the expanding outer layers of a red giant.
What is a planetary nebula?

17. A tiny star that remains after a supernova explosion.
Vocab 50
A tiny star that remains after a supernova explosion.
What is a neutron star?

18. What is elliptical? This is the shape of the orbit of most comets

19. What are Mars and Jupiter ?
Asteroids 20
Asteroids are found between the orbits of these planets
What are Mars and Jupiter ?

20. What are asteroids? Meteoroids usually come from comets and these
Meteors 30
Meteoroids usually come from comets and these
What are asteroids?

21. Daily
Double

22. A comets has these three parts.
What is the nucleus, coma, and the tail?

23. When a meteoroid enters Earth’s atmosphere.
Meteors 50
When a meteoroid enters Earth’s atmosphere.
What is a meteor?

24. The interior of the sun where nuclear fusion occurs.
Hodge Podge 10
The interior of the sun where nuclear fusion occurs.
What is the core?

25. Another term for a comet.
Hodge Podge 20
Another term for a comet.
What is a “Dirty Snowball”, Long Haired star, or Hairy Star?

26. What is a constellation?
Hodge Podge 30
This is the name for a pattern of stars.
What is a constellation?

27. Daily
Double

28. The brightness of a star depends on these two factors.
Hodge Podge 40
The brightness of a star depends on these two factors.
What is 1. size 2. temperature

29. What is the chromosphere and the corona?
Hodge Podge 50
We can see these two layers of the sun during an eclipse.
What is the chromosphere and the corona?