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Final Jeopardy

2. $100 Question from H1
This contains all galaxies which contains all solar systems which contains all planets?

3. $100 Answer from H1
What is the universe?

4. $200 Question from H1
The distance light travels in one year is called a

5. $200 Answer from H1
What is a light year?

6. $300 Question from H1
This galaxy has no definite shape and typically contains the least amount of stars

7. $300 Answer from H1
What is an irregular galaxy?

8. $400 Question from H1
This galaxy contains relatively young stars and has a pinwheel shape. 3 out of every 4 galaxies found is this type of galaxy.

9. $400 Answer from H1
What is a spiral galaxy?

10. $500 Question from H1
This galaxy looks like a flattened ball (oval shape)

11. What is an elliptical galaxy?
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What is an elliptical galaxy?

12. $100 Question from H2
Scientist say the universe formed and is still expanding because this happened

13. $100 Answer from H2
What is the big bang?

14. $200 Question from H2
For a galaxy to be classified as a spiral galaxy it must possess the following characteristic

15. What are at least two spiral arms?
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What are at least two spiral arms?

16. $300 Question from H2
Within our galaxy the Earth is centered where?

17. What is one of the spiral arms near the end?
$300 Answer from H2
What is one of the spiral arms
near the end?

18. $400 Question from H2
The Milky Way galaxy is what type of galaxy. Spiral, elliptical, or irregular?

19. $400 Answer from H2
What is a spiral galaxy?

20. $500 Question from H2
There is more galaxies of this type than any other type of galaxies (that we know of).

21. $500 Answer from H2
What is a spiral galaxy?

22. $100 Question from H3
On its way around a sun this (1)pushes the planet in a straight line but this (2)pulls it in toward the center of the sun creating an orbit.

23. $100 Answer from H3
What is
Inertia
Gravity

24. $200 Question from H3
This astronomer agreed with Copernicus that the heliocentric model was correct. He proved it by discovering that at least 4 moons orbit Jupitar and Venus goes through stages.

25. $200 Answer from H3
Who is Galileo?

26. $300 Question from H3
This term would describe Earth moving around the Sun and its not called an orbit.

27. $300 Answer from H3
What is a revolution?

28. $400 Question from H3
This is Earth spinning on its axis.

29. $400 Answer from H3
What is a rotation?

30. $500 Question from H3
The present model we use today to describe our solar system is called the (1)_______ model, and the orbit followed by our planets in our solar system is an (2)_________orbit.

31. $500 Answer from H3
What is
Heliocentric model
Elliptical orbit

32. $100 Question from H4 When this moves around the
the Sun the solar winds from
the Sun causes its tail to point away
from the Sun?

33. $100 Answer from H4
What is a comet?

34. $200 Question from H4
This is a chunk of ice with a long narrow orbit. Its tail is only visible when close to the Sun.

35. $200 Answer from H4
What is a comet?

36. $300 Question from H4 According to NASA
If a comet takes over 200 years to complete its orbit around the Sun the comet most likely originated where?

37. $300 Answer from H4
What is the Oort Cloud?

38. $400 Question from H4 According to NASA If a comet takes less than 200
years to complete its orbit
around the Sun the comet
most likely originated where?

39. $400 Answer from H4
What is the Kuiper Belt?

40. $500 Question from H4 Surprise math question!
If you live to be 80 years old how many
times will you revolve around the Sun?

41. $500 Answer from H4
What is 80 times?

42. $100 Question from H5
Large group of rocks that revolve between Mars and Jupitar.

43. What is the asteroid belt?
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What is the asteroid belt?

44. $200 Question from H5
When space rocks enter Earth’s atmospheres and strike its’ surface we call it a.

45. $200 Answer from H5
What is meteorite?

46. $300 Question from H5
These are space rocks that enter our atmosphere and vaporize with a common short lived ball of streaking fire across the sky never hitting the ground.

47. $300 Answer from H5
What is a meteor?

48. $400 Question from H5
These are space rocks that are smaller than asteroids but never enter Earth’s atmosphere

49. $400 Answer from H5
What is a meteoroid?

50. $500 Question from H5
If Earth’s rotation slowed down by just 4 minutes the night and day on Earth would increase by ________ minutes each.

51. What is 2 minutes? 2 more minutes of day 2 more minutes of night
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What is 2 minutes?
2 more minutes of day
2 more minutes of night
It takes Earth usually
23 hours and 56 to make one
complete rotation. Earth’s rotation
is always around 24 hours.

52. Final Jeopardy
If a the Sun lost some of its’ mass and the Earth increased its speed moving around the Sun what would most likely happened to the Earth?

53. Final Jeopardy Answer How might it escape the sun’s
orbit, or how might it increase the
length of its orbit around the
Sun because of less gravitational
pull by the Sun and change in inertia.