5th Grade Space Jeopardy

planets

100

Third planet from the sun.

What is Earth?

200

This galaxy is home to Earth.

What is the Milky Way Galaxy?

300

The planets composed of gas

What is the outer planets

400

Planets in the solar system that are small

What is the inner planets

500

Planets with few or no moons

What are the inner planets?

stars

100

The closet star to Earth.

What is The sun?

200

The color blue describes this type of star.

What is the hottest star?

300

visible at night, millions of lightyears away.

What is a star?

400

The only star in our solar system.

What is the Sun?

500

Why the sun appears to be bright and large from earth.

What is its distance?

orbits

100

1 month or 28 days

What is the revolution of the moon to the Earth?

200

1 year

What is the revolution of the Earth to the Sun?

300

one day

What is the rotation of the Moon on its AXIS to the Earth?

400

Elliptical.

What is the path of an orbit?

500

Planets revolve around

What is a star?

models

100

If the earth is the size of an orange, Mercury is an apple or a cherry?

What is a cherry?

200

If Jupiter is a cataloupe, Earth is an orange or a watermelon.

What is an orange?

300

If earth is an orange, Mars is an apple or a cherry

What is an apple?

400

If Uranus is ice cream, Mercury is hot chocolate or a popsicle?

What is hot chocolate?

500

If Earth is blue because of water, the moon is blue or brown?

What is brown?

Vocabulary

100

characteristics of the sun.

What is hot burning gases?

200

the movement AROUND another object.

What is revolution?

300

The movement or spin on its own AXIS.

What is rotation?

400

Made of ice, gas, and dust

What is a comet?

500

a piece of rock and metal that revolves around the sun

What is an asteroid?