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ASTRONOMY
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ASTRONOMERS
INNER PLANETS 100
To which of the 2
main groups of
planets does Earth
belong?
INNER PLANETS 100
terrestrial
INNER PLANETS 200
Describe the
characteristics of the inner
planets in 3 words
INNER PLANETS 200
small
dense
rocky
INNER PLANETS 300
What is the most important
factor that that makes life on
Earth possible?
INNER PLANETS 300
Liquid water
INNER PLANETS 400
Which of the inner planets has the
highest surface temperature?
WHY?!
INNER PLANETS 400
Venus
It’s thick atmosphere
has a greenhouse
effect
INNER PLANETS 500
What evidence
suggests that Mars
once had a warmer
climate?
INNER PLANETS 500
Dry riverbeds
OUTER PLANETS 100
Name the outer planets in order
from the asteroid belt to the end
of our solar system
OUTER PLANETS 100
Jupiter
Saturn
Uranus
Neptune
Pluto
OUTER PLANETS 200
What is the great RED spot and
on which planet would you find it?
OUTER PLANETS 200
It’s a storm
similar to a
hurricane on
Jupiter
OUTER PLANETS 300
Why are some of
the outer planets
greenish-bluish?
OUTER PLANETS 300
Atmosphere of hydrogen
and methane
OUTER PLANETS 400
Which of the outer planets has the
shortest period of revolution?
OUTER PLANETS 400
Jupiter has the
shortest year out of
the outer planets
OUTER PLANETS 500
What is the
composition of the
outer planets’ rings?
OUTER PLANETS 500
Gas, dust, and ice
ASTRONOMERS 100
What are the three
major types of
galaxies identified by
Edwin Hubble?
ASTRONOMERS 100
Spiral
Elliptical
Irregular
ASTRONOMERS 200
What scientist thought Earth was at
the center of the universe?
ASTRONOMERS 200
Claudius
Ptolemy
ASTRONOMERS 300
What scientist thought the sun was at
the center of the universe?
ASTRONOMERS 300
Nicolaus
Copernicus
DAILY
DOUBLE
800 POINTS
ASTRONOMERS
DAILY DOUBLE
What contribution did
Tycho Brahe
and
Johannes Kepler
bring to astronomy?
ASTRONOMERS
DAILY DOUBLE
Brahe: Kept super accurate data
of objects moving in the sky
Kepler: Took Brahe’s data and
used it to create an accurate
description of the solar system
ASTRONOMERS 500
Who created the first telescope
that is able to take pictures of
galaxies?
ASTRONOMERS 500
Edwin Hubble
SATELLITES 100
Why don’t solar and
lunar eclipses happen
every month?
SATELLITES 100
The moon’s orbit is tilted
SATELLITES 200
What causes the
phases of the moon?
SATELLITES 200
The positions of the moon,
Earth, and the sun
SATELLITES 300
Where would you find a
Meteor?
Meteoroid?
Meteorite?
SATELLITES 300
Meteor: Mesosphere
Meteoroid: Orbiting Earth
Meteorite: On Earth’s
surface
SATELLITES 400
Why do planets or moons
with atmospheres have
fewer impacts?
SATELLITES 400
The air slows and
burns up the objects
SATELLITES 500
Why does the amount of
moons for each of the
planets change so often?
SATELLITES 500
Technology allows us to
see more!
HODGE-PODGE 100
What type of galaxy is the
Milky Way?
HODGE-PODGE 100
Spiral
HODGE-PODGE 200
How do the inner planets differ from
the outer planets in terms of distance?
HODGE-PODGE 200
They are closer together
HODGE-PODGE 300
What does AU mean?
How many miles does it represent?
HODGE-PODGE 300
Astronomical Unit
93,000,000 miles
HODGE-PODGE 400
Name all of the planets
that have moons
HODGE-PODGE 400
All but Mercury and Venus
HODGE-PODGE 500
Name all of the planets in order from
shortest year to longest year
HODGE-PODGE 500
Mercury
Venus
Earth
Mars
Jupiter
Saturn
Uranus
Neptune
Pluto
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Something that might be on
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Please record your wager
UP TO 1000 points
What is happening in the diagram?
Solar eclipse
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