Welcome To Planetary Jeopardy

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Welcome To Planetary Jeopardy
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• Enjoy Planetary Jeopardy
• Choose players or groups - Individuals or Teams
  can play!
• When a player knows an answer, he or she is to
  raise a hand to answer if playing in a group, or
  say Beep and answer if playing with one other
  person. Player 1 or Team 1 chooses a category
  and question dollar amount first.
• Teacher or MC reads the answer completely, then
  contestants can respond.
• After a response is given by a player, click
  anywhere on the slide to see the correct
  response.
• Scores can be recorded by the teacher or MC.
• Then, click To Game Board and continue the game
  until all categories are finished.

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Final Jeopardy
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The smallest of the planets
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What is Pluto?
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Separates the inner and outer planets
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What is the asteroid belt?
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Has a giant red spot believed to be storms
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What is Jupiter?
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The hottest of all planets
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What is Venus?
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Has the largest volcano in the entire solar system
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What is Mars?
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Named for the Roman god of time, our 6th day is
derived from this name
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Who was Saturn?
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Name for the winged messenger of the gods, known
for his speed
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Who was Mercury?
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Named for Gaia, who gave birth to the sea and sky
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What is Earth?
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He was god of the underworld
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Who was Pluto?
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His symbol is a lightning bolt and his Greek
equivalent is Zeus.
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Who is Jupiter?
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It takes approximately 23 hours, 56 minutes to
make one complete turn on its axis.
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What is Earth?
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It has a day most similar to that of Earth.
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What is Mars?
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Until 1999, these planets had changed orbits
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What are Pluto and Neptune?
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One year on this planet equals 248 Earth years.
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What is Pluto?
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The planet that turns the slowest on its axis,
creating the longest day in the solar system.
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What is Venus?
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The Viking spacecraft showed that its atmosphere
is mostly carbon dioxide and that life as we know
it probably never existed.
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What is Mars?
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Satellite maps showed a hole in the ozone layer
above Antarctica.
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What is Earth?
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Only the Hubble Telescope has sent back pictures
of this far away planet.
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What is Pluto?
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Pioneer 11 sent back information about its giant
red spot.
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What is Jupiter?
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Launched by the Soviets, Venera 7 was the first
spacecraft to land on this planet, or any other
planet
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What was Venus?
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Luna
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What is the name of Earths moon?
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Ganymede, belonging to this planet, is the
largest moon in the solar system.
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What is Jupiter?
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Phobos
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What is one moon of Mars?
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Its single moon is almost as large as the planet
itself.
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What is Pluto?
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This planets moon orbits the planet backwards.
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What is Neptune? (Triton)
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Final Jeopardy Category _________
Final Jeopardy
Click for Answer
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This was the first planet to be discovered with
the use of a telescope.
Click to see the correct response!
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What is Uranus
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Thank You for Playing
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Acknowledgements Graphics Microsoft
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B. Burkett October 2003
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