Blank Jeopardy

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The Sun
Stars and Galaxies
Planets
Grab Bag
Solar System
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These are a cooler, dark areas on the suns
surface
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Sunspots
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The sun appears to be the brightest star in the
sky because it is the _________ to the earth.
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Closest
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Solar fusion appears in the ___________ of the
sun.
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Core
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From the suns yellow color, you can infer that
it is of average __________
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Temperature
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The Hertzsprung-Russel diagram shows the sun is
this
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G5 star
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This is the galaxy that contains earth
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Milky Way
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These are the colors of the hottest and coldest
stars
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Hottest bluish-white Coldest red
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A stars brightness is related to its distance and
its ________
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Temperature
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The three types of galaxies include what?
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Spiral, Elliptical, and Irregular
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The amount of light received on earth from a sta
r
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Apparent Brightness
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Earth-like planets are known as what?
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Terrestrial Planets
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Large chuck of ice, dust, gasses, and rock that
orbit the sun
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Comet
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A body of matter that travels around the sun
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Planet
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The larger planets in the solar system are
composed primarily of what?
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Gasses
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Name the nine planets in order from the sun
starting with the closest to the sun
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Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn,
Uranus, Neptune, Pluto
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Distances in space are measured in what?
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Light Years
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Solar energy is produced in what process?
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Fusion
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This is known as the birth place of a comet
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Oort Cloud
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He was the first scientist to hypothesize that
planets orbit the sun
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Copernicus
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To what do some scientist accredit global warming?
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Greenhouse Effect
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This planet is known as Earths twin or
sister planet
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Venus
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The Red Planet
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Mars
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This is the second largest and lightest planet in
the solar system
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Saturn
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What is Jupiters Great Red Spot?
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A Storm
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What is the name of Plutos moon?
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Charon
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What is the term used to describe the distance
from the sun to the earth?
(93,000,000 miles)
Astronomical Unit (1 AU)
Distances