planets
the sun
the moon
miscellaneous
numbers
100
This is the planet that is closest to the sun.
What is Mercury?
100
The sun is the center of this system.
What is the solar system?
100
The moon is a natural type of this that revolves around a bigger object.
What is a satellite?
100

This is why we call Mercury, Venus, Earth, and Mars the inner planets, and Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, and Neptune the outer planets.

What is an asteroid belt splits the solar system into inner and outer planets?

100

This is how many moons Neptune has.

What is 16 moons?

200

These are the planets that have been named after ancient Roman gods and goddesses.

What is all the planets except Earth?

200
The sun is a type of this gas sphere that gives off light and heat.
What is a star?
200

True or false: all of the planets in our solar system have their own moons?

False. Mercury and Venus do not have moons because they are too close to the sun.

200

This is a similarity between a comet and an asteroid.

What is both are fragments left over from the giant cloud of gas and dust that formed the universe over 4.5 billion years ago?
200

This is the amount of mass the sun makes up in our solar system.

What is 99%?

300

This is what all the planets have in common?

What is "they orbit the sun?"

300

How long does it take the Earth to orbit the sun?

What is 365 days.

300

The moon's gravitational pull helps the Earth with this.

What is to stabilize the Earth's wobbling motion as it rotates on its axis?

300

This is the planet that is hottest out of all 8 planets and why.

What is Venus, because it has a very thick layer of clouds and gases in its atmosphere that trap the heat of the sun?

300
This many earths can fit inside the sun.
What is 1,000,000?
400

These are the rocky planets. **You must write out the name of all four**

What is Mercury, Venus, Earth, and Mars?

400

This is how long it takes earth to complete one rotation.

What is 24 hours --or one day?

400

This is how long it takes for a full orbit of the moon around the Earth.

What is 27 days?

400

These are the two things that affect how bright stars appear to us on Earth.

What are distance and temperature?
400

The sun is this hot at its core (in Celsius).

What is 15,000,000 degrees C?

500

These are the gas giants. **You must write out the name of all four**

What are Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, and Neptune?

500
The sun is responsible for this first step of the water cycle.
What is evaporation?
500

This is what most of the moons in our solar system are named after.

What is the creatures, gods, and goddesses from Roman mythology?

500

This is the biggest difference between the inner and outer planets.

What is the inner planets are rocky, terrestrial planets; while the outer planets are gas giants?

500

It takes this many minutes for sunlight to reach earth.

**Double Jeopardy!** 

What is 8?

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