Jeopardy - The Solar System Quiz

1. Jeopardy – The Solar System 100 100 100 100 100 200 200 200 200 200 300 300 300 300 300 400 400 400 400 400 500 500 500 500 500

2. The Sun for 100 How old is the sun? What is about 5 billion years old Push the Space Bar to check your answer.

3. The Sun for 200 I produce all of this invisible force that pulls the planets toward me. This force is called? What is gravity? Push the Space Bar to check your answer. Push the Space Bar to check your answer.

4. The Sun for 300 Scientists call me “Sunspots.” I am this temperature. What is cool? Push the Space Bar to check your answer.

5. The Sun for 400 I am really a ______. I am not the biggest one of these. What is a star? Push the Space Bar to check your answer.

6. The Sun for 500 I provide all of this for the Earth. What is heat and light? Push the Space Bar to check your answer.

7. The Inner Planets for 100 We are the four inner planets. What are the rocky planets? Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars Push the Space Bar to check your answer.

8. The Inner Planets for 200 I am the inner planet that is most like Earth. What is Mars? Push the Space Bar to check your answer.

9. The Inner Planets for 300 I am the red planet. What is Mars? Push the Space Bar to check your answer.

10. The Inner Planets for 400 I am the closest planet to the sun. What is Mercury? Push the Space Bar to check your answer.

11. The Inner Planets for 500 I am the hottest planet. What is Venus Push the Space Bar to check your answer.

12. The Outer Planets for 100 We are the four outer planets, some might say we stink. What kind of “Giants” are we? What are the gas giants? Push the Space Bar to check your answer.

13. The Outer Planets for 200 I am the largest planet. What is Jupiter? Push the Space Bar to check your answer.

14. The Outer Planets for 300 Some say I don’t belong here. They say I am no longer a planet. What is Pluto? Push the Space Bar to check your answer.

15. The Outer Planets for 400 They knew I was there before they saw me. What is Neptune? Push the Space Bar to check your answer.

16. The Outer Planets for 500 I’m known for my rings of ice and rocks in orbit around me. What is Saturn Push the Space Bar to check your answer.

17. Comets, Asteroids, and Meteors for 100 Some call me a dirty snowball – A chunk of ice mixed with rock . I travel in a narrow orbit around the sun. What is a comet? Push the Space Bar to check your answer.

18. Comets, Asteroids, and Meteors for 200 If I hit the Earth I become one. What is a meteorite? Push the Space Bar to check your answer.

19. Comets, Asteroids, and Meteors for 300 Some call me a shooting star. What is a meteor? Push the Space Bar to check your answer.

20. Comets, Asteroids, and Meteors for 400 I’m just too small to be a planet. What is an asteroid? Push the Space Bar to check your answer.

21. Comets, Asteroids, and Meteors for 500 I am a belt between Mars and Jupiter. What is the asteroid belt? Push the Space Bar to check your answer.

22. Wild Card for 100 I make some planets have unusual colors. What are gases? Push the Space Bar to check your answer.

23. Wild Card for 200 These are much farther away than planets. What are Stars? Push the Space Bar to check your answer.

24. Wild Card for 300 Warmer stars are these colors. What is white or blue? Push the Space Bar to check your answer.

25. Wild Card for 400 I am a group of stars that make a pattern. What is a constellation? Push the Space Bar to check your answer.

26. Wild Card for 500 Cooler stars are these colors. What is red and orange? Push the Space Bar to check your answer.