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Planets!
The Sun!
Space!
Natural Objects In Space!
DOUBLE ASTRONOMY JEOPARDY!
100

This planet is the "3'rd rock from the sun". It has a large amount of water on its surface and is the only planet that currently has conditions which sustain life as we know it.

What is Earth?

100

These are dark areas on the sun's surface.

What are sunspots?

100

These are human made objects which have been sent into orbit around Earth to relay communications, take pictures, and perform other tasks.

What are satellites?

100
These are large bodies that orbit the sun!
What are planets?
100
This is a non-contact force that acts on objects. If two objects are placed in space, they will be drawn towards each other by this force.
What is gravity?
200

Small and recently re-classified as a dwarf planet, this is the littlest planet found furthest out in our solar system.

What is Pluto?

200

The sun, and all bodies that orbit around it form this.

What is the solar system?

200

Thisastronomer invented the telescope, proved the Solar System was Heliocentric and was imprisoned for his beliefs.

Who is Galileo Galilei?

200

This is a HUGE system of gas, dust, and stars. Our solar system is found at one of the far edges of it.

What is the Milky Way Galaxy?

200
This is a small, orbiting body made up of dust, ice, and frozen gases. The solid center of this is its nucleus, and like all objects in the solar system it orbits the sun.
What is a comet?
300

This is the largest planet in the solar system.

What is Jupiter?

300

All objects in the solar system travel around the sun in this kind of orbit that is not circular, but more oval shaped.

What is elliptical orbit?

300

"May the force be with you"..This astronomer is credited with identifying forces

Who is Isaac Newton?

300

This is a chunk of matter that enters our atmosphere and is heated by friction with the air to the point of burning up as it falls towards the Earth.

What is a meteor?

300
In this process, the nuclei of atoms fuse together to form a larger nucleus.
What is nuclear fusion?
400

This is known as the red planet, and has shown evidence that it may have had microscopic life on it long ago.

What is Mars?

400

This is the innermost part of the sun where it's energy is generated.

What is the core?

400

This HR (Hirtsprung Russell Diagram) is based on what two characteristics of a star?

What is Temperature and Absolute Magnitude?

400

This is the last stage of a stars life.

What is a black dwarf star?

400

This is a large rotating cloud of dust and hydrogen gas.

What is a nebula?

500

This is the 8th planet from the Sun, and is made of mostly hyrdrogen, helium, and methane gas.

What is Neptune?

500

The sun's rays strike Earth most directly along here.

What is the equator?

500

This is a change in wavelength as waves approach and pass an object.

What is the Doppler effect?

500

This is the term used to describe a star that has stabalized.

What is a main-sequence star?

500

This planet is how we locate a star in the sky

What is Parallax?