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Jeopardy Review: Stars, Sun, Asteroids, Comets, Meteors

Test your knowledge on stars, the sun, asteroids, comets, and meteors with this Jeopardy-style review game. Learn interesting facts about these celestial objects and expand your vocabulary in the process.

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Jeopardy Review: Stars, Sun, Asteroids, Comets, Meteors

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  1. Jeopardy Stars, Sun, Asteroids, Comets, Meteors Jeopardy Review

  2. Stars Hodge Podge Comets Asteroids Meteors The Sun Vocab Stars 10 10 10 10 10 20 20 20 20 20 30 30 30 30 30 40 40 40 40 40 50 50 50 50 50

  3. Stars 10 Points • All stars begin their lives as parts of this. • What is a nebula?

  4. Stars 20 • A star is born when this starts. • What is nuclear fusion?

  5. Stars 30 • The lifetime of a star depends on this. • What is mass or size?

  6. Stars 40 • When small or medium stars begin to run out of fuel, they first become this. • What is a red giant ?

  7. Stars 50 • Black holes form from this type of star • What are massive stars?

  8. The Sun 10 • When compared to gases around them on the surface of the sun, sunspots are what • What is darker/cooler?

  9. The Sun 20 • The part of the sun we see from earth. • What is the photosphere?

  10. The Sun 30 • These are glowing loops of hydrogen and helium that connect sunspots. • What are prominences?

  11. The Sun 40 • There is enough fuel left to keep the sun burning for this many years. • What is 5 billion?

  12. The Sun 50 • This solar feature can increase the solar wind, sometimes causing electrical problems on Earth. • What are solar flares?

  13. Vocab 10 • The earliest stage of a star’s life. • What is a protostar?

  14. Vocab 20 • Term for an exploding star • What is a supernova?

  15. Vocab 30 • The true brightness of a star. • What is absolute brightness.

  16. Vocab 40 • A glowing cloud of gas formed from the expanding outer layers of a red giant. • What is a planetary nebula?

  17. Vocab 50 • A tiny star that remains after a supernova explosion. • What is a neutron star?

  18. Comets 10 • This is the shape of the orbit of most comets • What is elliptical?

  19. Asteroids 20 • Asteroids are found between the orbits of these planets • What are Mars and Jupiter ?

  20. Meteors 30 • Meteoroids usually come from comets and these • What are asteroids?

  21. Daily Double

  22. Comets 40 • A comets has these three parts. • What is the nucleus, coma, and the tail?

  23. Meteors 50 • When a meteoroid enters Earth’s atmosphere. • What is a meteor?

  24. Hodge Podge 10 • The interior of the sun where nuclear fusion occurs. • What is the core?

  25. Hodge Podge 20 • Another term for a comet. • What is a “Dirty Snowball”, Long Haired star, or Hairy Star?

  26. Hodge Podge 30 • This is the name for a pattern of stars. • What is a constellation?

  27. Daily Double

  28. Hodge Podge 40 The brightness of a star depends on these two factors. What is 1. size 2. temperature

  29. Hodge Podge 50 • We can see these two layers of the sun during an eclipse. • What is the chromosphere and the corona?

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