Show:
Planets!
The BIG Bang!
Astronomers!
Space Trash!
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

includes living things, planets, stars, galaxies, dust clouds, light, and even time.

What is the Universe?

100

Developed model of the universe with the sun in the center without using equipment.

Who is Copernicus?

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

Discovered that planets are on elliptical orbits

Who is Kepler?

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

Made 1st observations of solar system (Jupiter’s moons and phases if Venus) with telescope; an object's weight does not affect its movement

Who is Galileo Galilei?

300

This is a chunk of matter that contains dust, rock, and metal. It is often found between Mars and Jupiter (Asteroid Belt).

What is an asteroid?

300

The object is very small and is sometimes able to pass through Earth's atmosphere but is too small to detect.

What is meteorite?

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

The most commonly accepted theory today of the formation of the universe. This theory states that the universe originated sometime between 10 billion and 20 billion years ago from an enormous explosion of a small volume of matter at extremely high density and temperature.


What is the Big Bang Theory?

400

Planets & stars were spheres; spherical Earth; stated Earth was a prime object in our solar system.

Who is Aristotle?

400

This object is made-up of rocky debris and is about the size of a pebble.

What is a Meteoroid?

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

Stars/galaxies moving away from us shift to longer wavelengths (look more red) and moving towards us toward shorter wavelengths (looks more blue).

What is the redshift/blueshift?

500

He was an astronomer and mathematician. He believed that the Earth was the center of the Universe.

Who is Ptolemy?

500

This object is known as a celestial phenomenon of the heavens. It is capable of hitting Earth. And it is often referred to as a shooting star.

What is a Meteor?

500
This planet takes 163 Earth years (365 days = 1 Earth year) to orbit around the sun once!
What is Neptune?