Planets
Other objects in the solar system
The Sun
The Solar System
Miscellaneous
100
What are the 4 inner planets?
What is Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars
100
The large number of asteroids that lie between the orbits of Mars and Jupiter is known as
What is asteroid belt
100
The sun is made mostly of two gases:
What is hydrogen and helium
100
Glowing balls of hot gas that shine because they make their own light are
What is a star
100
Planets and moons shine because
What is they reflect light from the sun
200
What planet is the largest in the solar system
What is Jupiter
200
A brief streak of light seen when an asteroid enters the earth's atmosphere and burns up.
What is a meteor
200
A dark area on the sun's surface that gives off less energy than the rest of the sun.
What is a sun spot
200
Large objects in space that orbit the sun
What is a planet
200

DOUBLE JEOPARDY

Huge loops of plasma erupting from the sun are called

Prominences  

300
What planet is the closest to the sun?
What is Mercury
300

A ball of ice, rock, frozen gases and dust that orbits the sun. When entering atmosphere and burning up have a white tail. 

What is a comet

300

Name the Interior of the Sun from the inner to the outer

Core, Radiative Zone and Convection Zone

300

Our entire solar system holds together because of

Gravity

300
Pluto is known as
What is a dwarf planet
400
What are the four outer planets?
What is Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune
400
Asteroid that hits the surface of a planet or moon after traveling through space.
What is a meteorite
400

Name the Suns atmosphere from the outer to the inner.

Corona, Chromosphere and Photosphere 

400
Planets, with their moons, revolve around the sun in what is known as
What is the solar system
400

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This planet rotates on its side and has 22 moons

What is Uranus

500

DOUBLE JEOPARDY

What planet rotates in the opposite direction from most other planets and has an atmosphere of carbon dioxide and is very hot.

What is Venus

500
A rocky object, smaller than a planet, that orbits a star.
What is an asteroid
500

Sudden eruptions of intense energy from the sun’s surface are

Solar Flares

500

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The smallest object in our solar system

Meteoroids 

500
This is also known as a shooting star
What is a meteor
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